Last modified: 18:56 May 2, 2000

NOTE: the lecture schedule (after March 30) might be re-ordered to better fit with the project deadlines.

Tuesday	Thursday
Jan 25: Welcome and Intro	Jan 27: Principles of Animation
Feb 1: Computer Animation Assignment 0 Due	Feb 3:Animation Systems
Feb 8: Simulation Introduction Art Assignment 1 Due (postponed)	Feb 10: Particles and Penalties
Feb 15: Constraint Basics Art Assignment 2 Due Project 1 Checkpoint 1	Feb 17: Constraint Methods 2
Feb 22: Implementing Constraints Project 1 Checkpoint 2	Feb 24: Control of Physics
Feb 29: Special Lecture: Faces	Mar 2: Implementing Constraints
Mar 7: Cinematography I Project 1 Draft Due	Mar 9: Cinematography II
No Class - Spring Break
Mar 21: Rotations	Mar 23: Rotations and Kinematics
Mar 28: Inverse Kinematics Project 2 Checkpoint 1	Mar 30: Motion Capture Basics
Apr 4: Project Ideas Project 2 Checkpoint 2	Apr 6:Motion Editing Basics (signal processing) (faculty candidate talk - 4pm)
Apr 11: Other Physics Topics (review of guest lectures) (faculty candidate talk Mon, 4pm)	Apr 13: Guest Lecture, Jeff Thingvold Motion Editing Tools Project 2 Due
Apr 18: Motion Capture Processing	Apr 20: Motion Retargetting Project 3 Proposals
Apr 25: Constraint-Based Motion Editing	Apr 27: Spacetime Motion Editing
May 2: Customizable Animation... Project 3 Checkpoint	May 4: Subdivision Surfaces
May 9:	May 11: