Deborah R. Fowler
Resources for TECH 450 Motion Capture and Crowd Pipeline Integration
Posted Aug 2017Updated on Sept 17 2017
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Assignments are available online only.
- Please review these notes regularly during the course of this quarter.
Due Dates
| Weight |
Requirements |
Reviews/Dailies |
Deadlines
(by class number) |
Optional |
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| 15 |
Ex
1 |
out 2 |
due 6 (Crowds - Intro) |
7 |
||
| 15 |
Ex
2 |
out 4 |
due 10 (Motion Capture - Intro) |
|||
| 25 |
Project
- Phase 1 |
out 10 |
continuous |
due 15 (Crowds - Advanced) |
16 |
|
| 30 |
Project - Phase 2 | due 19 (Crowds - Final possibly
including Effects, Motion Capture) |
20 |
|||
| 5 |
End of Quarter Hi-Res Stills |
due 20 |
||||
| 10 |
Professionalism |
In keeping with creating a studio environment you will be expected to adhere to deadlines and show your work in progress in a "dailies" fashion.
If you have questions, let me know. I am always happy to give you feedback to help you improve your work but you have other projects/exercises to complete within this quarter. Improvement and deadlines are part of the studio process. The "orange box" class dates above indicate assignments allowing optional final renders.
Reminder: You are always encouraged to refine your work, however at some point deadlines require you to put it aside. You will not be re-graded for work submitted after deadlines but it will still count toward your participation grade. Improving your work is important but so is being able to work within the deadlines.
NOTE ABOUT OPTIONAL FINAL RENDERS
As per
the submission guidelines please submit the files in a
folder labeled
Quarter_Class_EN_LastnameFirstname_Title_Final (contents as
before).
***Please leave the original submission in the dropbox***
Class Notes
Class 1-20 please refer to the syllabus located on blackboard
Student Responsibility reminders:
- review expectations and brief overview
- when an exercise or project is assigned, read over the description
- keeping up with assigned homework is expected - it is part of acting professionally
Exercise 1 Hints
Exercise 2 Hints
Project Notes
Required Text and free access:
- The VES Handbook of Visual Effects, Second Edition, Edited by Jeffrey A. Okun, Susan Zwerman, Focal Press, ISBN-13 978-1-138-01289-9
- Note that the required textbook is currently available via safari books via the SCAD Library link using your scad login:
- http://0-proquest.safaribooksonline.com.library.scad.edu/book/video/9781138012899
In Addition:
- SideFx Tutorials and Documentation at sidefx.com
- deborahrfowler.com
Specifically:
The documentation provided with Houdini software is extensive and online. Specifically we will be using Houdini 16.0.671 and the links below will be very helpful. In addition, we will be using Vicon Blade and MotionBuilder. Please see related sections on my website as specificed below:
Please read/view the following related to Crowds:
- http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/crowds/_index
- http://www.deborahrfowler.com/HoudiniResources/HoudiniCrowds.html
- http://www.deborahrfowler.com/ClassNotes/TECH450-Resources.html
Please read/view the following related to VEX/VOPS:
Please read/view the following related to Vicon Blade:
- http://www.deborahrfowler.com/MotionCaptureResources/Blade3.1/Blade3.1-UsersGuide.html
- http://www.deborahrfowler.com/MotionCaptureResources/HoudiniMocap.html
- http://www.deborahrfowler.com/MotionCaptureResources/MotionCaptureResources.html
Please read/view the following related to MotionBuilder: