IDS 252: Topics for the Week of August 27, 2007

• Discuss course structure and expectations
• Lab schedule sign-up.
• Lab 1: Introduction to Maya
• Overview of Animation Production Process.
• Maya overview
  • Navigating the Maya interface. Click here to see components of main menu. Note, this picture can be found in the Maya help.
  • Graphics Fundamentals
    • Coordinate Systems: Right/left handed, World vs Object
    • Projections
    • Setting colors.
    • Modeling Basics: Polygons, NURBS, Subdivision Surfaces.
  • Creating/moving/modifying simple Maya shapes.
• Some Animation History
• Look at Animation Shorts
  • SIGGRAPH electronic theater
  • On-Line
  • movies - DVDs
  • student work from last year
• Take photos.