UC Berkeley CNM 190 : Advanced Digital Animation

Updates to this online document

• 2007-01-27 : Added Guest Lecturers
• 2007-01-12 : Updated for Spring
• 2006-10-11 : Information consolidated from all previous web sites

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Books
• Resources
• Course Calendar
• Staff

Introduction

CNM 190 is targeted at 4th year students with backgrounds in art, film, or computer science who intend to work in the visual effects, animation, or entertainment industries upon graduation. It will build upon students' knowlege from previous related courses to guide them through the production process in an environment similar to industry production houses. We will survey many advanced topics and allow students to focus on a subset they find interesting while collaborating with their team to develop three 30 second animation pieces.

Calendar

Weeks	Date	Instructor	Lecture Topic	Assignment Due
Week 1	Mon 2007.01.15	---	NO INSTRUCTION --- SEMESTER NOT STARTED
	Wed 2007.01.17	All	Course Overview -- Review work done over break
Week 2	Mon 2007.01.22	Greg & Brian	Look & Feel: From Pastels To Pixels
	Wed 2007.01.24	---	Critique
Week 3	Mon 2007.01.29	Shannon Jeffries (PDI), Marilyn Friedman (PDI) and Dan	Effects 1 : Basics, Fluids and Particles (ppt, pdf, 6up)
	Wed 2007.01.31	---	Critique
Week 4	Mon 2007.02.05	Keith Klohn (Pixar), Michael O'Brien (Pixar), and Ashley	Effects 2
	Wed 2007.02.07	---	Critique
Week 5	Mon 2007.02.12	Brian and Dan	Rendering
	Wed 2007.02.14	Jeremy	Critique / Renderman Intro
Week 6	Mon 2007.02.19	---	NO INSTRUCTION --- HOLIDAY
	Wed 2007.02.21	---	Critique
Week 7	Mon 2007.02.26	Tony Apodaca (Pixar)	Render Optimization
	Wed 2007.02.28	---	Critique
Week 8	Mon 2007.03.05	Greg	Shading 1: Texture Mapping
	Wed 2007.03.07	---	Critique
Week 9	Mon 2007.03.12	Brian	Shading 2: Procedural Shading
	Wed 2007.03.14	---	Critique
Week 10	Mon 2007.03.19	Thomas Jordan (Pixar)	Shading 3: Advanced Procedural Shading
	Wed 2007.03.21	---	Critique
Week SprBr	Mon 2007.03.26	---	NO INSTRUCTION --- SPRING BREAK
	Wed 2007.03.28	---	NO INSTRUCTION --- SPRING BREAK
Week 11	Mon 2007.04.02	Greg	Lighting 1
	Wed 2007.04.04	---	Critique
Week 12	Mon 2007.04.09	Stefan Gronsky (Pixar) and Dan	Lighting 2
	Wed 2007.04.11	---	Critique
Week 13	Mon 2007.04.16	Tarek Elaydi (PDI)	Lighting 3 / Compositing 1
	Wed 2007.04.18	---	Critique
Week 14	Mon 2007.04.23	Jeremy	Renderman, Shake, and Compositing (repo)
	Wed 2007.04.25	---	Critique
Week 15	Mon 2007.04.30	---	Critique
	Wed 2007.05.02	---	Critique
Week 16	Mon 2007.05.07	---	Critique
	Wed 2007.05.09	---	Pixar & PDI / Showcase
---	Thu 2007.05.17	---	Wrap Party: 380 Soda	Class / Group Evaluations

Books

	Required - First Semester: Inspired 3D Short Film Production
	Required - Second Semester: Advanced Renderman
	Required - Second Semester: Digital Lighting & Rendering
	Useful - First Semester: MEL Scripting for Maya Animators
	Useful - First Semester: Complete Maya Programming
	Useful - Second Semester: The Renderman Companion

Resources

• Fall Semester
• Blue Team
• Gold Team
• Rendedrman Documentation (Only viewable on campus or by using ssh port forwarding)
• University of Washington - CS 490

Films

• Top Dog - Blue Team
• Elephant Film - Gold Team
• Robot Dog - Blue Team (Out of Production)
• Graffiti Artist - Gold Team (Out of Production)
• Samba Printer (Out of Production)

Staff

Dan Garcia
- Soda Hall 795 - M 2-3

Greg Niemeyer
- Kroeber Hall 334

Brian Barsky
- Soda Hall 785

Jeremy Huddleston
- Soda Hall 535 - W 4-5

Ashley Eden
- Soda Hall 545