Computer Animation - Algorithms and Techniques

4003-572-39 / 4005-763-39 

(Winter 2010-2011)

READING LIST



Week 1 -- Introduction: Animation Pipeline / Principles of Animation (activity due: Dec 6th, before lecture)


Week 2  -- Kinematics: Transformations, Orientations, Rotations and Quaternions (activity due: Dec 8th, before lecture)


Week 3 -- Kinematics: Interpolation & Keyframing (activity due: Dec 13th, before lecture)


Week 4  -- Articulated Figures /  Motion Capture (activity due Jan 3rd, before lecture)


 Week 5 -- Dynamics: Dynamic Simulation (activity due Jan 10th, before lecture)



Week 6 -- Collision Detection / Numerical Integration (activity due Jan 17th, before lecture)


Week 7 -- Group Motion (activity due Jan 26th, before lecture)



Week 8 -- Inverse Kinematics (activity due Jan 31st, before lecture)


Week 9 -- Character / Facial Animation (activity due Feb 7th, before lecture)



Week 10 -- Sound and Animation (activity due Feb 14th, before lecture)


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last updated 11/25/10