Animation for 3D Art

Catalog description

This course introduces the principles of animation and the application of visual effects. This course reviews basic concepts of animation, including fundamental techniques such as keyframing and in-betweening, communicating emotion and thought processes, and the use of storyboarding. Advanced animation techniques such as using parameter curves to animate and hybrid environments will be explored. Animation software including 3D Max and Maya will be utilized. This is a portfolio-building course, focused on learning-by-doing, and includes a lecture component. Pre-requisite(s): DGMD 2700 Concurrency: DGMD 2701 Co-requisite(s): None