IDS 252: Topics for the Week of September 3, 2007

• Go over Lab 1: Introduction to Maya
• Discuss Lab 2: Introduction to Modeling
• Maya Topics
  • Revolve Tool - NURBS
  • Subdivision Surfaces
  • Importing files.
• Creating a composition.
  • Design issues.
    • focus
    • negative space
    • balance, symmetry
    • repetition
  • Staging or Framing
    • Principles of Animation: Staging.
    • HyperGraph: Staging
    • In film, also called Framing (follow link for Cinematography, Framing).
    • John Lasseter's orginal article with Luxo Jr as example.
    • Andre & Wally B.
• Graphics Fundamentals: Color
  • Additive vs Subtractive Color
  • Tristimulus Model and the RGB Color Cube
  • Color on the Computer
  • Color Perception
  • Setting Color in Maya