Resources & Workshop Notes


Image above, credit, Jade Danek, completed for the final exercise,
Computer Animation  & Storytelling, University of Oregon, 2019

RESOURCES

  1. Links to technology and other resources.

WORKSHOP NOTES 2022

DRAFT

  1. introduction to maya 3.29.22
  2. lighting and nurbs surfaces 3.31.22
  3. polygon editing and extrusion / batch rendering 4.5.22
  4. templates, selection masks, groups and parented objects 4.7.22
  5. character setup and ik handles 4.14.22
  6. importing sound files into maya and curves, tesselation, booleans and surfaces 4.21.22
  7. camera control and attributes 4.26.22
  8. lighting and materials, maya software option 4.28.22
  9. dynamics, particles and collisions 5.5.22
  10. introduction to rendering with v-ray 5.10.22
  11. hinges, springs and hair 5.10.22
  12. cloth and constraints 5.16.22
  13. composite editing with openshot or imovie 5.17.22
  14. non-linear deformers and sound synchronization in Maya 5.24.22
  15. blend shapes, set driven keys, and rgb values 5.24.22
  16. underwater caustics and fluid dynamic effects 5.26.22
  17. mel programming (extracurricular) 5.26.22

WORKSHOP NOTES 2019

  1. intro to maya 4.2.19
  2. lighting and nurbs 4.4.19
  3. polygon extrusion and editing & rendering with quicktime pro editor 4.9.19
  4. templates, selection masks, groups and parented objects 4.11.19
  5. importing sound files into maya and curves, tesselation, booleans and surfaces 4.16.19
  6. character setup and ik handles 4.18.19
  7. lighting and materials 4.23.19
  8. motion capture character rigging 4.25.19
  9. introduction to rendering with v-ray 4.30.19
  10. camera control and attributes 5.2.19
  11. hinges, springs and hair 5.7.19
  12. importing movie files, editing video and audio clips in imovie, plus quicktime editing file formats and codecs5.9.19
  13. dynamics, particles and collisions 5.14.19
  14. cloth and constraints 5.16.19
  15. mel programming 5.21.19
  16. non-linear deformers, importing sound revisited 5.23.18
  17. composite rendering and editing with photoshop and imovie 5.28.19
  18. blend shapes, set driven keys, and skin weights 5.30.19
  19. fluid dynamics, vray and environmental sky 6.4.19