Kirt Witte’s VSFX 210 - Assignments/Project Due Dates/Exam Dates

Winter Quarter 2006

Class 01: (Thurs Jan 5)Class introductions & course overview. Maya Pre-Test given.

Introduction to the Maya UI. (Begin reading pages 11-37)

Class 02: (Tues Jan 10) Maya Preferences from A to Z. Creating/setting projects in Maya.

Class 03: (Thurs Jan 12)Maya instruction. (Lesson ONE and TWO tutorials due pgs. 41-81)

Class 04: (Tues Jan 17)Maya instruction. (Groups will be chosen/announced for group project.)

Class 05: (Thurs Jan 19)Maya instruction.

(Lesson THREE, FOUR, & FIVE tutorials due pgs. 83-133)

High-Res Projectassigned:Polygon Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering. After conferring with your group, you will pick a single model to build, texture, and light. You will render a single frame from an ideal camera angle (Beauty Shot) at 4000 x 2250 pixels, with anti-aliasing turned on. (No alpha channels please.) Think of this as an “advertisement” for this product/object you are going to build.

File will have the following naming convention:

lastname_high_res_project.tif (Tiff format ONLY! No alpha!)

No capital letters, no spaces, no numbers, no hyphens, etc.

Only lowercase letters and underscores. If you do not get the name right or the file format right, you will automatically lose 10 points.

Class 06: (Tues Jan 24)Maya instruction.

Class 07: (Thurs Jan 26)Maya instruction.

Class 08: (Tues Jan 31)Maya instruction.

Class 09: (Thurs Feb 2)Critique: High-Res Project Due: BEGINNING of class.

I also need a CD-rom(s) with all of your project related assets: All scenes, SourceImages, images (renders), etc. Please label your CD-Roms with your full name, class number and section, date, project name. Also, ONLY burn CD-Roms in an ISO-9660 format. No JOLIET formatted CDs will be accepted. No CD’s with truncated file names will be accepted. Long file names MUST BE used when burning your CDs. CDs and/or projects not named properly or saved properly will lose –10 points automatically.

(For example: smith_hi_res_project_v97.mb) ALSO – You will turn in your high res file into my dropbox within the first TEN MINUTES of class.

Class 10: (Tues Feb 7)MIDTERM EXAMdue by end of class.

Class 11: (ThursFeb 9)Midterm Conferences

Class 12: (Tues Feb 14)Lecture on Maya, in class work

Final project topics/options are discussed and assigned.

Product TV spot, Hourglass on desk, TV Channel logo/bumper, architectural fly through, continue working on Group project, and I am open to your ideas for a project as well on a one by one basis. Class members can also team up for this project if desired, with my prior approval.

Class 13: (Thurs Feb 16)Lecture on Maya, in class work

Class 14: (Tues Feb 21)Lecture on Maya, in class work

Class 15: (ThursFeb 23)Lecture on Maya, in class work, Assignment 5 requirements

Class 16: (Tues Feb 28)Group Projects due at the BEGINNING of class.

(720 x 480 resolution at 30/fps) Final Quicktime or MPEG movies must be 30 seconds or more in length. I also need a CD-rom(s) with allof your project related assets: All scenes, SourceImages, images (renders), etc. Please label your CD-Roms with your full name, class number and section, date, project name. Also, ONLY burn CD-Roms in an ISO-9660 format. No JOLIET formatted CDs will be accepted. No CD’s with truncated file names will be accepted. Long file names MUST BE used when burning your CDs.

(For example: group_one_project_v53.mb)

TEST YOUR CDs and DVDs before giving them to me.

Groups projects MUST HAVE audio.

You will turn in your group project file into my dropbox within the first TEN MINUTES of class.

Class 17: (Thurs Mar 2)Maya instruction.

All make-up tutorials due.

Class 18: (Tues Mar 7)Studio – In class pre-critique – preparing for final renders.

Class 19:(Thurs Mar 9)Final Projects due at the BEGINNING of class.

(720 x 480 resolution at 30/fps) Final Quicktime or MPEG movies must be 30 seconds or more in length.

I also need a CD-rom(s) with all of your project related assets:

All scenes, SourceImages, images (renders), etc. Please label your

CD-Roms with your full name, class number and section, date, project name. Also, ONLY burn CD-Roms in an ISO-9660 format. No JOLIET formatted CDs will be accepted. No CD’s with truncated file names will be accepted. Long file names MUST BE used when burning your CDs.

(For example: smith_final_project_v897.mb)

Final Projects MUST HAVE Audio. You will turn in your final project file into my dropbox within the first TEN MINUTES of class.

Class 20:(Tues Mar 14)Final ExamandPost-testdue by the end of class.