This week will be a mix – some more “general” stuff, but also looking at some more specific techniques. And hopefully you’ll be getting rolling on the picture/animation assignment. Note: there is a bunch of reading so you might want to get a head start.
- Monday, February 4th – Before class, please do Reading Assignment 4 to get a sense of what kinds of things are going on with current graphics papers. We probably won’t talk about this too much in class, as we’ll begin to talk about foundational techniques (although, with some connection to modern research and practice). We’ll “review” curves and interpolation a bit.
- Wednesday, February 6th – More discussion of basic techniques. The reading (before class) will be two textbook chapters (Reading 5). We’ll discuss different ways of dealing with shapes for animation.
- Friday, February 8th – Your “first phase” of assignment 3 is due (you need to tell me who your partner is – hopefully you’ve actually started the assignment). Also, Assignment 2 is due (to keep the symmetry of assignments being due on Fridays), but there is some leniency in terms of when you really need to have it done by. In class, we’ll probably start talking about rotations in depth (an experiment of having the lecture before you read the details).
The following week, you’ll be making pictures for Assignment 3, and we’ll get into the details of rotations. I may re-order topics to talk about subdivision surfaces, or I might dive into talking about human motion.
