3D Animation im Wintersemester 2020/2021

Course: Informatik (M.Sc.) LV-Art.: Seminar + Praktikum (2 + 4 SWS) LV-Nr.: 8680 Credits: 10 Appoints.: Wed. 8:15-9:45 (seminar, D17) Wed. 10:00-13:15 (practical work, D18) Exam: Praktische Tätigkeit & Fachgespräch

Topics

• Rigid Bodies
• Charakters
• Softbodies, deformable objects
• Fluids
• Three.js

Prerequisites

• Calculus and linear algebra
• Computergraphics

Documents

• Lecture 1, assignment 1 (submission via Read.MI) Attention: There is a new additional hint for exercise 5!
• Lecture 2, assignment 2 (submission via Read.MI) Attention: This assignment is due on two different dates!
• Lecture 3, assignment 3 (submission via Read.Mi)
• Lecture 4, assignment 4, knottrajectory.dat, calibrartionImagesCheckerboard.zip (submission via Read.Mi)
• Lecture 5, assignment 5 (submission via Read.MI)
• Lecture 6
• PaperTemplate.zip

Projects (Submission Deadline: 18.03.2021, 2pm, Oral Presentations: 19.03.2021 [most likely online])

• 10:00–10:45: Motion Capturing [Henkes, Kaiser]

• 10:45–11:30: Flocks [Mayer, Wehenkel]

• 11:30–12:15: Cloth [Naraghi, Schönberger]

• 12:15–13:00: Fluids [Behl, Plankl]

• 13:00–13:45: Spring Systems [Wissfeld]

References

• Peter Shirley, Steve Marschner, Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Taylor & Francis, 2016
• Rick Parent, Computer Animation: Algorithms and Technique, Elsevier, 2012
• Richard Williams, The Animators Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas for Classical, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators, Faber & Faber, 2012
• Isaac V. Kerlow, The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects, John Wiley, 2009