Weekly Instructions

Week 1 - 1/24/2022

• 1. Introductions

1. Review the course syllabus

   1. Explain 3D production pipeline

      • Basic overview

      • https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/learning

      • Aspects to be covered in class

      • Modeling

      • Texturing

      • Animation

      • Rendering

      • Compositing

2. Examples of 3d modeling

   2. • Differences between low poly and high poly

      • Low poly

      • https://0.s3.envato.com/files/6113897/preview.jpg

      • https://cdn.tutsplus.com/cg/uploads/legacy/336_Blender_TRex_Modeling/Preview.png

      • High poly

      • http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fv1eq9gE7NA/TvUtjwAcSxI/AAAAAAAAA8U/ietAK_mrhQo/s1600/Final+Presentation+2.0_HiPoly-LtPerp-WIRES.png

      • http://orig14.deviantart.net/3677/f/2012/168/3/a/polycount__s_brawl___hilde_high_poly_by_ybourykina-d53rzxf.jpg

      • http://i2.wp.com/www.cgmeetup.net/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Zbrush-Character-Modeling-for-The-Last-of-Us-9.jpg

      • Game mesh detail "bakes"

      • http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=162270

      • http://pre06.deviantart.net/23a4/th/pre/f/2013/230/b/1/game_model___axe___breakdown_by_grimnor-d6inkrf.jpg

• 1. The 3ds Max User Interface

     • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKIWW0ZE2ew

     • Viewports

     • Navigation shortcuts

     • https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/learning

     • Command Panel

  2. Basic Modelling Techniques

     • Simple geometry creation

       • Create tab

       • Modify tab

       • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdt7vvFQuKg

     • Transform tools

       • Move

       • Rotate

       • Scale

       • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L26drJZ1W3w

       • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgDfgJ_5cMI

     • Angle snaps

     • Copying objects

       • Difference between clone options

     • Brief look at the modifier stack

     • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISjIQUiX3Kc

     • Object selection

       • Selecting/de-selecting

       • Hiding/un-hiding

       • Isolating objects

       • Freezing selection

       • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_eHi0Az4CI

     • Pivot points

       • Moving and centering

       • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd2B29CeZEg

     • Coordinates systems

     • Aligning objects

     • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljKaJXzGY-k

     • Grouping objects

       • Open/close groups

       • Ungroup

     • Organizing with the Layer Manager

       • Layer

       • Hierarchy

  3. Reference board discussion

     • Difference between reference and concept art

     • Tips for gathering and laying it out in Photoshop

3. How to submit work

• You will be submitting all work via blackboard.

1. Assignment: Due 1/27/2022

   • Project #1 https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/classroom-news/project-1_1?authuser=0

Week 2 - 1/27/2022

1. Due: Project # 1

   1. Editable poly

      • Sub-object levels

      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDHOKCsLJZ4

        • Vertex

          • Weld

          • Target Weld

          • Split

        • Edge

          • Bridge

          • Connect

        • Border

          • Cap

        • Polygon

          • Inset

          • Bevel

          • Extrude

          • Copying

        • Element

          • Detach/attach

      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LRago7Vbp8

      • Edit Geometry options

      • Soft Selection

      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVWGsKsmEPc

      • Smoothing groups

      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-bJIZ5F78

   2. Modifier Stack

      • Concepts

      • Common modifiers for modeling

        • Symmetry

        • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy9JKxPCqx4

        • Turbosmooth

        • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlm1BFQcEFA

        • Shell

        • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32LiElxTBbA

        • Slice

        • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP4QlVOtqWY

        • FFD

        • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o7ZDPPrICM

        • Bend

        • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4w9xRrm2GY

        • Lathe

        • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7szu5XK475s

      • Collapsing

   3. Graphite Modeling tools

      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipWbQR4fFfc

      • Paint Deform

        • Shift

        • Push/pull

        • Relax

   4. Address techniques in question

   5. Work on projects in class

2. Assignment: 2 Due 2/3/2022

Project #2 https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/classroom-news/project-2_1?authuser=0

• • Watch the following tutorials:

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCZiZRMQdjo&index=1&list=PL0BAEEBD4DBF679C2

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JYejkignL0&list=PL0BAEEBD4DBF679C2&index=2

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKLKN5Zu9ZY&index=3&list=PL0BAEEBD4DBF679C2

Week 3 - 2/3/2022

1. Due: Project # 2

   1. Creating shapes

   2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2d-F_sZEio

   3. Editing splines

      • Segment Editing

        • Attach

      • Vertex Editing

        • Changing vertex type

        • Refine

        • Weld

        • Chamfer/Fillet

      • Rendering options

   4. Lathe modifier

• • 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7szu5XK475s&t=500s

2. Compound objects

• • Boolean

    • • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixlrlt2GHjQ

  • ProBoolean operations

  • Loft

• • • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCVMOpjwVpk

• 1. Introduction to rendering

     • Rendering Options

       • Output size

       • Render Output

       • Safe frames

     • https://youtu.be/rFiRuUdcHk0

  2. Lighting basics

• • Types of lights

    • • Omni

      • Spotlight

      • Directional

      • Skylight

• • • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W36JVW8NruU

• • Settings

    • • Intensity

      • Color

      • Attenuation

• • • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2BwjYd_yWI

• • Shadows

    • • Shadow map

      • Ray-traced

      • Settings in Shadow Map Params

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPy4VF3SH7M

• 1. Address techniques in question

  2. Work on project in class

3. Assignment 3 Collect Wooden Toy Reference Due 2/10/2022

Project # 3 https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/classroom-news/project-1?authuser=0

Week 4 - 2/10/2022

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1. Due: Project # 3

   1. Discussion of 3D modeling techniques for 3d printing

      • Modeling in real world units

      • Water tight models

        • Using Booleans

      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixlrlt2GHjQ

      • STL Check

      • Exporting meshes

• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zytqu1lJ5CI

  • https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-prepare-your-model-for-3d-printing-2109

1. Assignment 4 Modeled Wooden Toy Due 2/17/2021

Project # 4 https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/classroom-news/project-2?authuser=0

Week 5 - 2/17/2021

1. Due: Project # 4

   1. UVW Unwrapping

      • Seams

      • Pelt Map

      • Render UVW template

      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-e43rUcF8I

      • https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/unwrapping-in

   2. Using Photoshop to texture 3d objects

   3. Address techniques in question

   4. Work on project in class

2. Assignment 5 Textured Book Due 2/24/2022

Project # 5 https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/classroom-news/project-5?authuser=0

Week 6 - 2/24/2022

1. Due: Project # 5

   1. Introduction to materials

• • Understanding the difference between maps and materials

  • https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/learning/shaders

• 1. Managing materials

     • Copy

     • Move

     • Renaming

  2. Standard Materials

• • 1. Shader Parameters

    2. Basic Parameters

       1. Ambient/Diffuse Color

       2. Specular color

       3. Specular highlights

       4. Self-illumination

       5. Opacity

• 3. Assigning Bitmaps to Materials

     • Bitmaps

     • Bump maps

     • Reflection Mapping

  4. Mapping Coordinates

• • UVW Map modifier

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NeEMvilISs

2. Assignment: 6 Treasure Chest Due 3/3/2021

• • https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/classroom-news/project-3?authuser=0

Week 7 - 3/3/2022

1. Due: Project: 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gILmtT_osx0

• 1. Introduction to Lighting

     • Types of standard lights

       • Omni

       • Directional

       • Spot

       • Skylight

     • Shadow types

       • Shadow Map

       • Raytrace

       • Area light

• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=sXho8AgzNaY

• 1. Mental Ray renderer

     • Arch&Design materials

     • Global illumination

• • https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/learning/light

• 1. Address techniques in question

  2. Work on project in class

1. Assignment: 7 Desk Fan Due 3/10/2022

2. https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/classroom-news/project-7?authuser=0

Week 8 - 3/10/2022

• Due: Project 7

  • Review techniques in question

  • Start on project 8

• Assignment: 8 Textured Room Due 3/31/2022

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B04mFvG5z5B_TUlhWDlTNFRfbXc/view?usp=sharing

Week 9 - 3/17/2022

No Class Spring Break, Have fun be safe!

Week 10 - 3/24/2022

1. No Project due

   1. Review techniques in question

   2. Continue working on project 8

   3. Textured room due 3/31/2022

2. Assignment: 8 Textured Room

Continue working project 8 textured room.

Week 11 - 3/31/2022

1. Due: Project 8 Textured Room

   1. Introduction to animation

      • Understanding animation and key frames

      • Animation Principles

      • https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/learning/5b-animate-1/5b-animate

   2. Animation in 3DS Max

• • https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/learning/5b-animate-1/general-animation-techniques

    • Key framing

    • Adjusting keys

    • Adjusting the timeline length

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqQmwXCH6w8&nohtml5=False

  • Assignment: 9 Begin work on bouncing ball animation

  • https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/classroom-news/project-9?authuser=0

Week 12 - 4/7/2022

3. Assignment:

• 1. Animation Refresher

  2. Fine-tuning animation techniques

     • Smoothing animation in curve editor

     • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FebPdDo6nTs&nohtml5=False

4. Linking basics

• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=334&v=G45UNuvsXOo

    • Link/Unlink

    • Scene explorer

      • Sort by layer

      • Sort by hierarchy

5. Working with cameras

   2. • Free camera

      • Target camera

• • Safe frames

    • https://sites.google.com/site/stevengladin3d/learning/5b-animate-1/camera-animation-techniques

6. Creating a camera rig

• • Path constraints

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FebPdDo6nTs&nohtml5=False

7. Creating animated previews

• • http://youtu.be/3rWqlgF_k0o

• 1. Uploading videos to Youtube

8. Address techniques in question

• 1. Work on projects

9. Assignment: 9

• • Start working on Project #9 bouncing ball animation due 4/28/2022

Week 13 - 4/14/2022

1. Assignment: 9:

2. Continue working on Project #9 bouncing ball animation

   1. Introduction to After Effects

      • Composition settings

      • Adding/editing footage

      • Adding audio

      • Layer adjustments

      • Render settings

        • Different file types (.jpg, .png, .tga)

        • Alpha channel

        • Naming conventions

• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tR3fpv4Aco

• 1. Media Encoder

  2. Address techniques in question

  3. Work on projects

Week 14 - 4/21/2021

• Assignment:

• • Project #9 Final Bouncing Ball Animation due 4/28/2022

• 1. MassFX simulation

  2. Address techniques in question

  3. Work on projects

Due Project: 9 Bouncing Ball

Week 15 - 4/28/2022

Due Project: 9 Bouncing Ball due

Week 16 - 5/5/2022

Week 17 - 5/12/2022

Semester Ends - 5/13/2022