Computer Animation - Algorithms and Techniques

4003-572-39 / 4005-763-39 

(Winter 2011-2012)

READING LIST



Week 1 -- Introduction: Animation Pipeline / Principles of Animation (summaries due: Dec 2nd -- activity due: Dec 2nd)


Week 2  -- Kinematics: Transformations, Orientations, Rotations and Quaternions (summaries due: Dec 9th -- activity due: Dec 7th, before lecture)


Week 3 -- Kinematics: Interpolation & Keyframing (summaries due: Dec 16th -- activity due: Dec 14th, before lecture)


Week 4  -- Articulated Figures /  Motion Capture (summaries due: Jan 13th -- activity due Jan 11th, before lecture)


 Week 5 -- Dynamics: Dynamic Simulation (summaries due: Jan 20th -- activity due Jan 18th, before lecture)



Week 6 -- Collision Detection / Numerical Integration (summaries due: Jan 27th -- activity due Jan 25th, before lecture)


Week 7 -- Group Motion (summaries due: Feb 3rd -- activity due Feb 1st, before lecture)



Week 8 -- Character / Facial Animation (summaries due: Feb 10th -- activity due Feb 15th, before lecture)




Week 9 -- Inverse Kinematics (summaries due: feb 17th -- activity due Feb 8th, before lecture)



Week 10 -- Sound and Animation (summaries due: Feb 24th -- activity due Feb 22nd, before lecture)


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