CSC 189 – 3D Computer Animation III

Tentative Schedule

Date	Topic	Resources	Assignments
1/9	Course Introduction	Course Introduction
1/11	Character Design	Character Design 3D Short Film Productions Balance	Character designs assigned
1/18	Character Modeling	Character Modeling Read: Lessons 1, 2, 3	Character designs due LM2 assigned Project 1 assigned
1/23	Studio Time		LM2 due
1/25	Studio Time
1/30	Project 1 critique	Project 1 critique	LM4 (pp. 100- 119) assigned Project 2 assigned
2/1	Character Texturing	Character Texturing Read: Lesson 4	LM4 (pp. 100-119) due
2/6	Studio Time
2/8	Texture Painting	Texture Painting
2/13	Studio Time
2/15	Project 2 critique	Project 2 critique	Project 3 assigned
2/20	Kinematics	Kinematics Read: Lessons 14,15,16
2/22	Control Rigging	Control Rigging Read: Lessons 17,18,19
2/27	Project 3 critique	Project 3 critique	Project 4 assigned
3/1	Character Expressions Lip-synching	Facial Expression Read: Lesson 20, 32	LM20 assigned (use start file)
3/6	Studio Time		LM20 due
3/8	Project 4 critique	Project 4 critique	Project 5 assigned
3/13	Character Skeletons	Character Skeleton Read: Lesson 14, 15
3/15	Character Binding Character Influencing	Character Binding Read: Lesson 21 Character Influencing Read: Lesson 22	LM21 assigned (use start file)
3/27	Studio Time
3/29	Character Posing	Character Posing Read: Lesson 33,34	LM21 due
4/3	Project 5 critique	Project 5 critique	Project 6 assigned
4/5	Character Motion	Character Motion	Motion Study assigned
4/10	Character Motion Clips	Character Motion Clips
4/12	Character Motion Editing	Editing Motion	Motion Study due
4/17	Project 6 critique	Project 6 critique	Project 7 assigned
4/19	Character FBIK Animation	FBIK Character Animation Read: Lesson 34
4/24	Character Custom Rigging	Read: Lessons 16,17,18,19
4/26	Character Walk Cycles	Walk Cycles Read: Lesson 28
5/1	Character Hand Controls	Hand Controls Read: Lesson 18
5/3	Project 7 (Final) critique	Project 7 (Final) critique

LM: Learning Maya book

IM: Instant Maya documentation lessons

Important Dates

Mon, Jan 16	Martin Luther King, no class
Mar. 2	Development day, no class
Mar 18-26	Spring vacation
May 4	Last day of classes
May 8-12	Final exams

Other important dates (Academic calendar)