DMA 231 - 3-D Animation II

5 CR

Students work with character motion and advanced animation techniques.

Prerequisite(s): DMA 130 or DMA 230 at BC with a C- or better, or instructor permission.

Course Outcomes

Describe and use 3D animation software hierarchies.
Provide examples of high-fidelity images created by advanced rendering engines and explain the differences to those created with a standard rendering engine.
Create beginning to intermediate character set-ups (rigs) in a 3D application.
Explain and apply both smooth and rigid skinning when connecting a 3d mesh to a joint structure.
Fully implement the 12 animation principles in actual examples.
Create intermediate to advanced shading networks in a 3D application.
Create believable human and animal motion in an animated example.

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