assignment recap

ASSIGNMENT #1
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Periods 4, 5, 7, and 8 - Hierarchies and Elements of Animation

1.) WARM UP - On your blog, please post definitions for the following terms, from sources that you find on the Internet:  Also include one or more sentences translating that definition into simple, common terms, whenever possible.

-  Hierarchy

-  Parenting (computer graphics)

-  Key frame

-  Playblast.

Watch the GorillaCG video on hierarchy, below.

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TASK 2: Write your first blog entry.
  Part I.  Post images and write about work you completed in weeks 1 & 2.  Below are examples of work we've done.

Hierarchies from The Guerrilla CG Project on Vimeo.

2. Mr. Webb demonstration:  Open the simplified human models, and parent sections of the body to establish a hierarchy.

[MAYA 2014 process:  select the child object; hold shift and select the parent, then press 'p'--both objects should light up]

3. Animate a 48 frame walk cycle, run cycle, and freestyle animation.

4. Students render a play blast and post to their blog portfolios.

[End of Tasks for Periods 4, 5, 7, and 8]

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

- Watch ALL the GorillaCG Project videos here:  https://vimeo.com/channels/guerrillacg/videos

-  How To Render a Playblast Tutorial  (albeit for an older version of Maya): http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/SoundAndVideoTutorial/playblast.html