We will meet in the classroom on Saturday morning at 9. This will give us an hour to share videos. Please read the posting earlier in this blog that gives instructions on how to prepare your DVD. I will bring a machine, cables, and speakers to play the videos and show .mb files.
Thanks!
Buzz
I will be in at 3PM if you need help.
Buzz
This is the fortieth in a series of brief videos on how to use Autodesk Maya to create animated projects. The videos are meant for beginners and each one focuses on a specific topic. In this video we look at painting in Maya, in particular how to paint in both 2D and 3D mode, and how to use the painting canvas to create a file texture. The video is on vimeo.com.
I will come in at 3 pm tomorrow, so if I can be of any help, please come early! We are in the home stretch here…
Buzz
This is the thirty-ninth in a series of brief videos on how to use Autodesk Maya to create animated projects. The videos are meant for beginners and each one focuses on a specific topic. In this video we return to textures and materials. We look at using a file texture as the color of a material and at making sure that once a material is assigned, it will not wander. The video is on vimeo.com.
This is the thirty-eigth in a series of brief videos on how to use Autodesk Maya to create animated projects. The videos are meant for beginners and each one focuses on a specific topic. In this video we look at a special “toon” shader in Maya that allows us to render 3D models that look 2D. The video is on vimeo.com.
The final exam time for our class is 7:30 AM on May 6, Saturday. (I apologize for not being able to get us an earlier time slot. I was hoping for 5:00 AM.)
We will share our projects at that time. In truth, we will not start that early. I think it is safe enough to start at 9. That will give us an hour.
Please come armed with a DVD that has on it 1) your entire project folder and 2) your rendered video. This should be a data DVD, not a playable DVD.
Please put it in a case.
And please try to make sure that VLC or Quicktime can play your video. It can be in .mov, .avi, or .wmv.
Please make sure that the first few seconds of the video has the following title:
Your Name, Spring 2012, Advanced Animation
I like to be able to show folks work done by students and I very much want to make sure that everyone gets credit for their work.
Thanks!
Buzz
This is the thirty-fifth in a series of brief videos on how to use Autodesk Maya to create animated projects. The videos are meant for beginners and each one focuses on a specific topic. This video returns to our walk-in closet and uses light linking to accentuate aspects of the scene. The video is on vimeo.com.
This is the thirty-sixth in a series of brief videos on how to use Autodesk Maya to create animated projects. The videos are meant for beginners and each one focuses on a specific topic. This video returns to extrusion, this time looking at the extrusion of a face along a curve to create a wall, and at using a file texture as the color of a material. The video is on vimeo.com.
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