838 Calendar

All schedules are subject to change.

Last modified: 10:05 Apr 7, 1999

Jan 19: Welcome and Introduction

Jan 21: Principles of Animation

Jan 26: Animation Systems and Math Basics

Jan 28: Parameterizations and Keyframing

Assignment 0 (Web page) due

Feb 2: Cinematography

Feb 4: Cinematography II

Feb 9: Parameterizations and Rotations

Art Assignment 1 Due

Feb 11: Rotations and Kinematics

Feb 16: Kinematics

Feb 18: Simulation Introduction

Feb 23: Particles and Penalty Methods

Art Assignment 2 Due

Feb 25:

Project Proposal Meetings Scheduled

Mar 2: Motion Capture Technology

Mar 4: Guest Lecture: Jeff Thingvold

Project Proposals Due
Mar 9 - Mar 11
Spring Break, No Class

Mar 16: Constrained Dynamics

Mar 18: Generalizing and Implementting Constraints

Mar 23: Spacetime Constraints and Physics Control

Programming Assignment Due

Mar 25: Motion Editing and Signal Processing

Programming Assignment Demos

Mar 30: Motion Editing with Spacetime Constraints

Apr 1: Motion Generation

Mini-Project Proposals Due

Apr 6: Human Simulation

Project Progress Reports Due

Apr 8: Genetic Algorithm Approaches

Apr 13: Facial Animation

Apr 15: Subdivision Surfaces

Apr 20: 3D User Interfaces

Apr 22: Non-Photorealistic Rendering

Apr 27: Image Warping and Morphing

Apr 29:

May 4: Project Presentations

Project Web Pages Due

 May 6: Project Presentations

Coming Attractions

Things that I may want to cover that haven't made it to the schedule: (subject to change, based on how the class goes, the interests of everyone, guest lectures, ...)