Excellent Semester

You all fought every step of the way.
Please take these skills into the future to help you prosper.
Build on them and/or work with the same diligence to find your own excellence.
Congratulations.  MCS

No, these are not 100% what you wanted, but given time constraints, and other constraints, they are very successful.  Perhaps some of you will polish them further if you get the time and inclination.

Final Animation

So here it is guys!! Finally! I made it, I made it! :)

https://vimeo.com/42026721

 Final! Awesome job, everybody. I'm so proud of us.

https://vimeo.com/41537973 Final! Awesome job, everybody. I'm so proud of us.

Good luck!

Sorry I wasn't at the show tonight, I hope all went well.  Everything looked fine on the thee posted animations.  I'm sick, but will survive.  OK, back to bed.

Heather's Final Animation

Hi there. Here's my final.


https://vimeo.com/41334534


My final full size render was too big to upload to vimeo, so the half-size looks a little blurry. If anyone knows how to fix this, that'd be great...

Raye's Final Animation!

And here's my final animation. :)
https://vimeo.com/41304185

Cindy's Final Animation

Howdy Guys!
Well this is it. My final animation is done!
Hope everyone else is doing well.

Blip by Cindy Lessard

Help Session

Three decided on a help session.  Was it 3:00 on Saturday?

Pixar Cinematographer Sharon Calahan: Light

References for you to watch later when you have more time....

Sharon Callahan came here a few years ago and gave one of the best talks I have heard from industry people.  This is from an interview of her at CGSociety.  Good references here.  The rest of the talk is good too. 

"For Sharon Calahan, great cinematography requires a "strong sense of design and style." She adds, "It definitely has to serve the story well and have an emotional resonance with the audience." Several internationally acclaimed cinematographers standout. "Roger Deakins [Fargo] is somebody whom I greatly admire, Caleb Deschanel [The Natural], and some of the greats like Conrad Hall [In Cold Blood]; they had and have a strong artistic vision that takes your breath away. You can watch the movie with the sound off and be amazed by how beautiful it is." Calahan believes, "Understanding how light works is vital, which is why I paint; it forces you to look closely and understand what’s happening. There’s no shortcut to learning that."

Shadow Pass

Shadow Passes:

http://www.3drender.com/light/shadpass.htm

Depth of field tutorials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sZwMhNqynA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vhKuzruPE4&feature=relmfu

!!! Submitting your work to VIST Show

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FROM GLEN CAREFULLY!

DEADLINE:  Monday, April 30th at 4:00pm

---------------------------------------------

Step 1: Submit your work

A folder called "VIST_Show2012" is located on the desktop of the

podium-machine in the Mac Lab for project submissions. If your

project(s) are stored on a personal external firewire/USB drive, you can

connect your drive to this machine and then transfer your files to the

appropriate sub-folder of "VIST_FallShow_2011." Project files can also

be submitted via CDs or DVDs. Consult with your instructor.

Use the following file-naming convention!!! Not only will it

help during the editing process, but it plays a more important role as

we strive to archive the work of all of our students.

lastName_title_classNumber.extension

(all lower-case, no spaces)

For example, if Jane Smith was going to submit a MOV file of "My

Journey" for 305, she would name her file:

smith_myjourney_305.mov

If multiple people worked on the project, just put the last name of the

person who submitted it (and make sure that the other people involved

have their names listed in the credits).

If the full title is too long to put in a file name, put a

"representative" title that is descriptive enough that we know what the

file is. Make sure the full title is somewhere in the body of the piece.

If the piece is from outside of a class, put "_indy" instead of

"_classNumber".

If you are a TA submitting a class reel, name it

"class_reel_classNumber.extension"

We will accept AVI, or MOV files. For "quality" reasons, the preferred

compression settings are uncompressed, tiff sequence, or animation.

Submit your projects ASAP.  If we encounter a problem importing your

file into the final timeline, we want as much time as possible to

correct it.

If you have any questions, or need help getting your files transferred,

let us know at help@viz.tamu.edu

---------------------------------------------

Step 2: Inform us of your submission.

Send a 'reply' to this email (do not change the subject-line

VISTMSGS-ANNOUNCE: VIST Show Submissions

BEFORE 8:00am May 1st with the following information.

Project Name:

Your Name(s):

Class:  VIST-305

Project location:  audio/video directory locations & file names.

Frame Rate & Resolution:

Phone number:

EXAMPLE

Project Name:  Squeeze

Your Name(s): John Doe, and Jane Smith

Class:  VIST-305

Project location:  Podium-Mac -

VIST_Show2012/VIST305/doe_squeeze_305.mov

Frame Rate & Resolution: 24p, 1920x1080

Phone number: 979-867-5309

Copy Saslow and Weecho when you send this email.

---------------------------------------------

If you have problems meeting this deadline, keep in mind that you can

submit a draft (aka: "work in progress") version.

The deadline is Monday, April 30th at 4:00pm.  At 5:00, files from the

podium-mac will start transferring across the network to our editing

system.  This process will take several hours.  Tuesday morning, the

process of sorting and editing the show will begin.

NO PROJECTS MAY BE SUBMITTED BEYOND THIS POINT.

DON'T EVEN ASK.  Seriously, don't ask.

Glen,

Jessica,

& Cassie

When is your work due? Mon 5/30 or Sun 5/13?

(Thanks to Cindy for catching my dates - off by a month!)

Please note different dates:

1)  Mon 4/30  film due to Glenn for Undergraduate VIZ SHOW (which will be W 5/2, 6 pm, Geren).

2)  Sun 5/13  work due to me so I can grade and put in grades to Howdy on Mon 5/14.

So...

1)  If you want your work to appear in the 5/2 show, please have work in to Glen on M 4/30.
     After seeing your work in the show, you may want to change it before you hand it in to me.

2)   If you did give work to Glen for show, continue work and hand in to me by Sun 5/13.

In all cases please burn a CD of all work done this semester for me to have as references, and to grade.

Hope this helps,

Thanks, and gig'em.

We have posted our Summer 2012 Summer Internship opportunities on our site https://careers.disneyanimation.com/job_groups ! 

Our 8 week internship is held in our Burbank, CA offices where students work one-on-one and in group settings under the watchful eyes of a DIsney Mentor. 

Main requirement:  students must be returning to school in the Fall 2012.  We have extended the deadline to April 30, 2012. 

Push Days

 Rendering your animation in Maya will probably take 2 days.  AE render takes less time.

4/20,21,22, 33:  PUSH DAYS:  Lighting (and Texturing).
T 4/24:        DUE LIGHTING.
TH 4/26:     Last Class:  DUE TEXTURING.
                   Start Rendering in MAYA Right After Class... & Overnight.
F 4/27:        RENDERING in MAYA continues... & Overnight.
Sat 4/28:     RENDERING in After Effects.
Sun 4/29:    Fix AE Render and Render Again.
Mon 4/30:  DUE TO GLEN:  info to come from Glen: 
                   probably 8 am in Mac Lab to folder on Main Mac.

good luck.

if the image is small when you click it. Right click > view image > zoom

Compression Guidelines

Compression Guideline

https://vimeo.com/help/compression

Help Session tonight.

I think you decided for c 10 pm.

REVIEWS of modeling & animation TH 4/13: ALL GOOD!

Depth of Field tutorial for Maya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sZwMhNqynA

Over-the-top Inspiration for Emerson

Toy Car
http://vimeo.com/39344976

Pixar sign up sheet: PUP program & TD Layout

The sign up sheet for PIXAR is at the front desk.

PIXAR is currently hiring for Summer 2012 Residencies in the following areas:
Technical Director, Layout

John Halstead is overseeing the PUP program, so if he sees any stellar undergrads, he may consider you for the program this summer.

They will be conducting reel critiques, and interviewing for positions.

Blue Sky Dinner, Th before talk? Email Margaret.

Students,

If you are available to have dinner with the Blue Sky Studios Reps tomorrow evening  (Thursday, April 5), please let me know ASAP.


Margaret

EA Wed 7 C105 Blue Sky Th 7 C105

Electronic Arts
Wednesday April 4, 2012
7:00 pm
Langford C105

A representative from 12th Man Productions will be giving a 

short talk at 6:45 before the EA presentation.  
If you're interested in being a student worker over at the 

Aggie Athletics department, get there early!

Blue Sky
Thursday, April 5, 2012
7:00 pm
Langford C105

Character how to

http://en.9jcg.com/comm_pages/blog_content-art-180.htm

Cel Shading tutorial w/ gradients

http://shikijiyu.deviantart.com/art/Maya-Toon-Shading-Tutorial-156746043

Here it is.

digital figure sculpting in zbrush

http://www.pixologic.com/zclassroom/artistinaction/scotteaton/sculpting/

Short Animations: Inspiration, Modeling, Shading, & Texturing

INSPIRATION
*3D made to look like 2D watercolor; see modeling at end of animation.
Ode to Summer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY9R-_oQUJQ
*Physical humor, action, depth, color that gradations and saturation
Wiley e coyote hip hip hurry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq2bMXtJkp
I*Bizarre imagination, motion, layering
The Tale of How
http://vimeo.com/1516019 
*Humor; integration of 2D, 3D, and FX; layering; color
The Story of Bjorn  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV5w262XvCU&feature=related 
*Traditional paper animation from Russia
The Hedgehog in the Fog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPEPAjc9dFA&NR=1&feature=endscreen
MODELING & SHADING
*Modeling, Texturing, and Shading
Demo Reel by Scot Andreason (including Gladiator)
http://vimeo.com/33707149
*Modeling; Emotional Content
Ballerina: The Last Dance by Brandi Parish
http://vimeo.com/23974643
*Shading, etc
Shading Projects by Megan Walker
http://vimeo.com/23974062 

*Rendering and Shading
VIZA 616 Class Reel 
http://vimeo.com/23974542

ONE EXAMPLE: Austin Hines
*Modeling:  Turntables
Curds Turntables by Austin Hines
http://vimeo.com/6923989
*Trying out an Idea
Curd Suck Proof of Concept by Austin Hines
http://vimeo.com/6496215
*Final Animation
Curds, the Muffet Story by Austin Hines  
http://vimeo.com/8372535

Shading tutorial

Hey guys, here's the tutorial I talked about in class that teaches you a couple of cool shading tricks:

http://www.computertreasure.com/maya-creating-a-custom-car-paint-shader-tutorial/

sounds & music

As per Weecho's suggestion:

soundclick.com (not sure if these are open source)
jamendo.com (for sure open source)
freesound.org (sound effects)

Schedule this week

Week 8: Modeling  

T   3/6  Modeling continued 

            Review of remaining animatics     

DUE:    Finish of  Weecho Tutorial, including watching tutorials (if not done before)

Th 3/8  Modeling continued

DUE:   Storyboard remaining shots:  Intro?, Title,  Clear ending, Credits.  Any images on those pages?

           
Week 9: Spring Break

Talk Monday, March 5, 5:30, Highly Recommended

Please attend if you can the lecture by Berlin based artist Claudia Chaseling on Monday, March 5, 5:30pm, Wright Gallery, Langford Center A.  Claudia Chaseling is a painter working in large scale on canvas, walls/floors and objects, and in small scale on photos and in cartoon stories. Her central theme is landscape, how vast space and the dynamics of a place can be captured in interiors through color, without using parameters like horizon lines or central perspective, which could supply a quick orientation. Through cartoons, expressionistic and fictional elements her work expands into a psychological landscape. Claudia Chaseling is based in Berlin, Germany. She works and exhibits internationally in Europe, Australia and the US.  This counts as one of the three talks you need to attend this semester.

New Reference from Glen Vigus for Heather????

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150640632004588&set=a.434243299587.204713.187569074587&type=1&theater

harry potter deathly hallows animation

cool lighting and character design.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN1_h_eGitE

Photoshop Settings

Maya Depth Map Shadows

Get settings from the site Weecho gave us

Under Shadows Tab-
*Select Depth Map Shadows
*Resolution: 1024
*Filter size: 5
*Disk Mapped Dmaps: overwrite existing dmap(s)

Under Mental Ray tab-
*Use mental ray shadow map overrides
*take settings from Maya
*play with softness

You can also use the linear decay rate to soften the shadow over time

Modeling begins Tuesday; Animatic etc due Thursday

Week 7: Modeling begins
No Weecho this week.

T   28   Modeling begins: have list of objects (assets, set dressing, all but main character) & drawings 

Th  3/1 (After discussion in class Th 23, we decided to have Animatic etc due today):

DUE:   B&W Animatic.  (Bring B&W SB into Photoshop and then into After Effects. Line OK.) Timing discussed. 

                Values, Drama, Lighting discussed.  You can try out music any time in this process.
                The following support your pitch for your animatic.  Write these out.
DUE:   One sentence description of story.

DUE:   Motivation of character.

Notes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqzi5JQYqpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljDlN2O5qCE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKpJElwama8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1ignag-NmY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1VnLG6fmfA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK2N3PvaFcs

http://userpages.umbc.edu/~bailey/Courses/Tutorials/RenderingDemo/DepthRayShadowDemo.html

https://vimeo.com/19024160

Good luck next week, everyone!

Frog puppet cg short

https://vimeo.com/19024160

Schedule: Revised

Week 5: Second storyboard, color script, character design, Maya
T   14  DUE: Cinematic SB.   List of main moments of intensity in script, Intensity Chart, Color Script: post to blog

Th   16  Jay Davis talk on Character Design, Motion, and Principles of Character Animation; Maya with Weecho    

Week 6: Maya, model sheets, objects, lighting, clarity of story
T   21  Maya with Weecho 

DUE:    Character Model Sheet: front & side to same scale & action pose; explanatory notes added to drawing?

             Drawing or Photoshop

DUE:    List of objects in animation, and drawings of them.  Drawing or Photoshop
DUE:    Lighting References posted  after watching film on light

              Discuss with Weecho.
              In-Class Maya Tutorial begun:  bowl of fruit, table, floor, wall, window
 
Th 23     Maya with Weecho
              In-Class tutorial continued

Week 7: Modeling begins
No Weecho this week.

T   28   Modeling begins: have list of objects (assets, set dressing, all but main character) & drawings 

Th  3/1 (After discussion in class Th 23, we decided to have Animatic etc due today):

DUE:   B&W Animatic.  (Bring B&W SB into Photoshop and then into After Effects. Line OK.) Timing discussed. 

                Values, Drama, Lighting discussed.  You can try out music any time in this process.
                The following support your pitch for your animatic.  Write these out.
DUE:   One sentence description of story.

DUE:   Motivation of character.

              

Week 8: Modeling  

T   3/6  Modeling cont.        

DUE:    Finish of  Weecho Tutorial, including watching tutorials (if not done before)

Th 3/8  Modeling cont.

DUE:   Storyboard remaining shots:  Intro?, Title,  Clear ending, Credits.  Any images on those pages?

           
Week 9: Spring Break

Week 10: Modeling and Rigging 

T  3/19  Modeling and Rigging;   

DUE:     Animatic with complete SB with added intro, title, clear ending, credits

Th 3/21 Modeling and Rigging;  

DUE:     Animatic with music added.  Reconsider Timing!

Continuing:  Modeling, Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Texture, Color, Title, Credits, Rendering, Final Review

VIST Show W 5/2, Due to Glen M 4/30

Cindy, Object References

Frog References

Profile Images of Side, Front, and Top.

Color Ideas I am considering for my frog.

Plant References

Bromeliad- This is the main plant I want to be the frog hopping out of.

 Creeping fig, the vine that will be crawling up the back wall of the tank.

Heather's Lighting Inspiration

Cindy Lighting Inspirations

My lighting inspiration for the beginning in the dark room with the flickering light.

Lighting ideas for inside the Vivarium

Raye's Lighting Inspiration

Stills from "Tuck Everlasting"

lighting references...maybe?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4314743/leafGobo.jpg

great maya tutorials

A ton of great tutorials here, couple of frog 'making ofs'

http://cg.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/72-magnificent-maya-tutorials/

Intensity Chart

Storyboard