BSA225, 3D animation, 16 February 2016

Proposal due in 4 weeks, 20% of grade, due Wednesday 9th March, 5pm
*treatment, research, storyboards
2D animation due week 5
* rough sound
3D animatic due in 7 weeks, 20% of grade, Wednesday 30th March 5pm
*modeling, scene setup/camera setup, basic animation

Short 3D film due in 20? weeks, 50%, Friday 24th June 5pm
*modeling, UV mapping, texturing, lighting, animating, rendering, compositing

use 3D character from that class to be in this film to combine time and work

story, composition and working in Maya is focus of this class
Blog: 10% of grade
Gantt chart

Maya: make sure you set it up properly, every time, to avoid project losses
file: project window: change name of "current project" and make sure it's being saved to D drive, personal folder

different folders under "modeling" drop down menu depending on what's being done.

alt key plus left mouse moves space around, alt key plus holding middle mouse left to right, alt key plus right mouse zooms in and out as does scroll wheel
 move tool= W
Q
E
R
green lines means object mode, if you right click on that, a new menu shows up
when everything is in object mode, hitting keys 1 to 3 can smooth or bring things into sharp relief

create+ polygon primitives+ interactive creation

Today we just messed around with creating shapes, manipulating them and learning to use the controls.  As long as I don't leave the room and miss anything, I can keep up.  Hopefully, I'll pick up the program faster than last year...