News

The final grades for the course are now available. In case of any questions/remarks, please let me know by sending me an email.

More information is now available on the retake essay.

I created a Youtube channel that will contain the movies presented by all the teams. If you have not yet sent me your movie and (if applicable) previz movie, please do, since I need them in order to determine your grade for the movie.

I put a bit more information about the essay on the papers and essay page.

The timeslots for using the motion capture lab have now been assigned, see the schedule. Each team has two timeslots of 3.5 hours. In case you need more time, let me know. If the motion capture lab is free, I can schedule another slot for your team. In case the timeslot scheduled for your team conflicts with other courses you have, also let me know, so I can schedule another date/time for your team.

A pack of character and building 3D models can now be downloaded from the mocap assignment page.

The new website for the Computer Animation course (INFOMCANIM) is now online.

Course Overview

The course Computer Animation (before: the seminar computer animation) is given as a part of the GMT Master programme at the Utrecht University. The course consists of both regular and guest courses, as well as presentations by the participants. Next to an introduction to basic animation techniques such as interpolation, blending, skeleton animation, facial animation, (inverse) kinematics, motion capture, example-based motion synthesis and physics-based motion, we will focus on a selection of relevant animation-oriented papers. As a part of the course, a visit to the motion capture lab at Utrecht University will be organized, and participants will make a short animation movie using motion capture data.

Activities

During the course, participants will give a paper presentation in teams of two. Also, each participant will write a number of paper summaries. Also, a visit to the motion capture lab will be organized. The participants will produce a short animation movie in teams, using motion captured data. Roughly halfway the course, a session will be used for the teams to show their previz movies. The final animation movies will be shown at the last session.

To conclude the course, the participants will write an essay on a topic within the animation research area. The final grade of each participant is decided by the grade of the presentation (20%), the grade of the movie (20%) and the grade of the essay (60%).