MACA 2540 - 3D Animation

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Create bones/joints.
2. Create IK handles.
3. Create constraints.
4. Create attributes.
5. Create control objects.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to use character sets.

Objectives:

1. Create major character sets.
2. Create sub-character sets.
3. Add attributes to individual sets.
4. Animate objects in sets.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to animate objects.

Objectives:

1. Create animation keys.
2. Create breakdown keys.
3. Utilize locked attributes.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to edit keys.

Objectives:

1. Use the graph editor.
2. Use the dope sheet.
3. Manually move keys in the timeline.
4. Copy and paste keys.
5. Loop keys.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to manipulate geometry.

Objectives:

1. Parent geometry to joints.
2. Rigid bind geometry.
3. Smooth bind geometry.

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1. Introduction to animation concepts and their correlation to 3D
2. Simple animation. Simple object
3. Complex animation. Simple object
4. Setting up rigging controls
5. Utilizing complex rigs.
6. Animating a cycle of a biped
7. Animating a scene with a biped