New Media: 3D Character Animation.

Catalog description

Creative skills and techniques for animating 3D computer-generated characters. Topics include body and facial animation techniques; understanding body movement; keyframing and interpolation; deformation and morphing; skeletal animation; model rigging and skinning; forward and inverse kinematics, constraints and IK solvers; cloth, hair, and fur simulation; blend shapes; soft body animation; and compositing and rendering techniques. The course focuses on completing an animated character. Includes demos, in class and homework exercises, and projects.