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