Course Overview
The course is an eyeopener to how various technologies have influenced the methods and workflow in animation & how use of animation has effected technology. This includes A historical perspective of technology in animation. Digital Image & Video Input technologies Digital Image Processing Visual Database creation & Management for animation Virtual 3D world creation & Rendering Expressions, Relationships computation and solving and their applications Mechanical Rigs and Gizmos for animation & effects. Motion Capture & Motion Control Convergence & combination of different sources for animation & effects creationUse of Animation in Technology & Science. New frontiers with the combination of Science, Technology & AnimationInteractivity, optimisation, real-time animation. Massive parallel processing & distributed rendering.
| Total Credits | 6.0 |
| Type | Theory |
| Lecture | 2.0 |
| Practical | 1.0 |
| Half Semester | N |
| Text Reference | CG101: A Computer Graphics Industry Reference, Terrence Masson. ISBN 073570046XChaos and fractals: new frontiers of science302240by Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Hartmut J303274rgens, Dietmar Saupe 2004,302240ISBN 0387202293 Crowd simulation by Daniel Thalmann, Soraia Raupp Musse 2007, ISBN 184628824XNo Strings Attached: Inside Story of Jim Henson`s Creature Shop302240by302240Matt Bacon,3022401997, ISBN 0028620089The Winston Effect: The Art & History of Stan Winston Studio302240by Jody Duncan, 2006, ISBN 1845761502Industrial Light & Magic: The Art of Special Effects302240by302240Thomas G. Smith, 1988, ISBN 0345322630Industrial Light & Magic: Into the Digital Realm302240by302240Mark Cotta Vaz302240and Patricia Rose Duignan3022401996, ISBN 0345381521The Art and Science of Digital Compositing, Second Edition: Techniques for Visual Effects, Animation and Motion Graphics (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)302240by302240Ron Brinkmann,3022402008, ISBN 3706386The VES Handbook of Visual Effects: Industry Standard VFX Practices and Procedures by Jeffrey A. Okun and Susan Zwerman, 2010 ISBN 0240812425The Making of Avatar302240by Jody Duncan, Liza Fitzpatrick, 2010, ISBN 0810997061 |
About Instructor
Prof. Sumant Muralidhar Rao
Prof. Sumant Muralidhar Rao is an engineer, designer and an animato and has 13 years experience in the field of animation, and special effects filmmaking. He has been a consultant to Discreet, (a Canadian based company, that makes leading animation, editing and compositing software) and Tata Elxsi India Limited. He was the Director and one of the founding members of Animagic, a company with a sterling reputation for the quality of it’s work, be it traditional animation, computer graphics, special effects or illustration and design for print and the internet.
