SMM4302%20Computer%20Animation

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SMM4302 Computer Animation

• Lecturer Haw Su Cheng
• Email schaw03_at_yahoo.com
• Website http//www.angelfire.com/jazz/yapmh

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Subject Outline

• Title
• Computer Animation (Animasi Komputer)
• Code
• SMM4302
• Objective
• understand the concepts of computer animation,
  effective graphic design and animation techniques
  in preparing multimedia products.
• create a basic multimedia systems with two
  dimensional and three dimensional graphics and
  animation.

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Subject Outline

• Pre-requisite
• Computer Graphics
• Credit Hours
• 3
• Lecture Hours
• 3 x 1 hours per week

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Subject Outline

• Tutorial/Lab Hours
• 1 x 2 hours per week
• (to be arrange later)
• Semester Offered
• Semester II 2005/2006

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Subject Outline

• Assessment
• Coursework 60
• 20 Test 1 (Week 6) - 9/2/05 8-9pm
• 20 Test 2 (Week 10) 9/3/05 8-9pm
• 20 Assignments/lab
• Final Examination 40
• Total 100

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Subject Outline

• Software (Lab/Project)
• OpenGL
• 3D studio Max

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Lecture Schedule

• Chapter 1
• Introduction to Computer Animation
• Definition of computer animation
• underlying principles of traditional animation
• Difference between computer animation and
  traditional animation

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Lecture Schedule

• Chapter 2
• Software for Computer Animation
• OpenGL
• Interactivity
• 3D studio Max

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Lecture Schedule

• Chapter 3
• Simple Animation
• Translation, Scaling, Rotation
• Double buffering
• Illumination Models
• Raster methods for computer animation

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Lecture Schedule

• Chapter 4
• Animation of Articulated Figures
• Forward Kinematics
• Inverse Kinematics

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Lecture Schedule

• Chapter 5
• Motion Capture
• Basic Concepts of motion capture
• Software and hardware
• Planning and Executing

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Lecture Schedule

• Chapter 6
• Animation of Particle Systems
• Physics involves
• Cloth Animation
• Explosion effects
• Fluid and solid Animation

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Lecture Schedule

• Chapter 7
• Dynamic Based Animation
• Physics involves
• Simulation Techniques

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Lecture Schedule

• Chapter 8
• Algorithm Animation
• Basic Concepts
• Examples

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Text References

• Text Book
• Vince, J. 1992. 3D Computer Animation. New York
  Addison-Wesley.
• Reference Books
• Hill FS, 2001. Computer Graphics-using OpenGL.
  Prentice-Hall.
• Hearn D, Baker MP, 2004. Computer Graphics with
  OpenGL. Pearson Prentice-Hall.
• Woo M., Neider J, Davis T., Shreiner D. 2000.
  OpenGL Programming Guide. Addison Wesley.