CENG 732 - Computer Animation (Spring 2006-2007)

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  Date Lecture Topics Reading Assignments
Week
#1
Feb 19, Mon

Introduction and overview of animation

Lecture Slides
Class Web Page


Chapter 1 from the textbook

 

 

Week
#2
Feb 26, Mon

Technical Background and Representation of Orientations

Lecture Slides

Axis Angle Interpolation Executable (Compiled under Cygwin, dlls provided)

Axis Angle Interpolation Source Code

Chapter 2 from the textbook

 

 

Week
#3
Mar 05, Mon

Interpolation

Lecture Slides
Chapter 3 from the textbook

 

 

 

Week
#4
Mar 12, Mon

Animating articulated structures, kinematics and inverse kinematics  

Lecture Slides
Section 4.2 from the textbook

 

 

 

Week
#5
Mar 19, Mon

Physically based modeling and simulation, rigid body dynamics  

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Week
#6
Mar 26, Mon

Bodies in Contact
Controlling Groups of Objects

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Week
#7
Apr 02, Mon



Natural Phenomena:
Modeling Plants using L-systems
Cloud Modeling

Lecture Slides
Link to L-systems applet and Cloud Videos
 

 

 

 

Week
#8
Apr 09, Mon

Modeling and Animating Articulated Figures:
Modeling the Arm, Walking, Facial Animation

Lecture Slides
 

 

 

 

Week
#9
Apr 16, Mon

Animating Cloth, Motion Capture

Lecture Slides
Link to Cloth Animation and Full Body Motion Capture Videos
 

 

 

 

Week
#10
Apr 23, Mon

Paper presentations  

 

 

 

 

Week
#11
Apr 30, Mon

Paper presentations  

 

 

 

 

Week
#12
May 07, Mon

Paper presentations  

 

 

 

 

Week
#13
May 14, Mon

Project presentations  

 

 

 

 

Week
#14
May 21, Mon

Project presentations