YEACT 315 - 3D Animation (Age 13-16)

Learn beginning animation skills using 3D Studio Max. This course is intended to be an introduction to the fast growing field of 3D animation. Learn what it takes to complete an animation in 3D from beginning to end. Create storyboards for your projects using animation software to construct, texture, light, and animate the scene. When the animation is complete, the project will be recorded onto a CD that you can add to your portfolio. Topics covered will include modeling from primitives (transformations and modifiers), the basics of color and theory and compositional theory, bitmap versus procedural mapping, lighting, and animation (forward and inverse kinetics).