CS4247 Imange Synthesis and Computer Animation

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Term: Spring 2002 Year: Computing 4 Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques: Theory and Practice
Lecturer: Dr HUANG Zhiyong
Course web page: http://ivle.nus.edu.sg/workspace/search/template.asp?courseid=CS4247
Textbook: Alan Watt, Mark Watt
Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques: Theory and Practice
Addison-Wesley, 1992
Lab assignments:      
  1. Image Synthesis Lab 1: Generating One Image by Raytracing
    (18 Jan ~ 1 Feb, 2002)
    A Klein Mug (JPEG, 800×600, 53.22 KB)
    A Klein Mug
    (JPEG, 800×600, 53.22 KB)

    Software:

    Modelling:

    Flying

    Textures:

    • Built-in texture library from Maya 4.0
    • Scanned input of hand-writing
    • Ray-traced rendering by SRT

    Acknowledgement:

    Sunshine for his idea of "The Illogical" image (ray-traced by SRT) on the wall.
  2. Image Synthesis Lab 2: Generating One Volume Rendered Image
    (18 Feb ~ 1 Mar, 2002)
    headqtr.vtk (JPEG, 1156×815, 83.36 KB)
    headqtr.vtk
    (JPEG, 1156×815, 83.36 KB)

    Software:

    • Kitware VolView 1.2 beta
    • Adobe Photoshop 6.0

    Volume dataset:

    • Built-in dataset from VolView 1.2 beta

    Rendering parameter set-up:

    Flying
  3. Image Synthesis Lab 3: Generating One Sequence of Walking Structure
    (7 Mar ~ 3 Apr, 2002)
    walker.avi (AVI: Cinepak codec, 320×240×3 sec, 194 KB)
    walker.avi
    (AVI: Cinepak codec, 320×240×3 sec, 194 KB)

    Software:

    • Alias|Wavefront Maya 4.02
    • VirtualDub 1.4.9

    Modelling & Animation:

    Flying

    Textures:

    • Built-in texture library from Maya 4.0

    Video processing:

    Flying