Monthly Archives: January 2021
Review and Reflection
Learning and Growth: I think Term1 helped me get into the habit of looking at References. Before I came to UAL, my search for References was not comprehensive, and the scope of the References was not complete. However, because of … Continue reading
Houdini Tutorial Week 2
This week we start working on a new Houdini project. The themes we explore this week. The first thing we need to focus on is [View Mode]. Auto update]: When we change the value of a node in Houdini, it … Continue reading
Week1: Group Building and Theme Setting
This semester we started a collaborative project. The collaborative project required us to design and produce the project with students from other majors. We need to combine our respective majors’ skills and explore the project. Through the school website and … Continue reading
WEEK1: Introduction to Lighting in Visual Effect
Syllabus for lighting in visual effect: This week’s course is [Part 1]: The role of lighting TD in VFX Exercise Homework:
Houdini Tutorial Week 1
Start learning how to use Houdini. The main questions we will explore in this session are. Unlike MAYA, the Houdini interface allows us to move or rotate the interface directly with the mouse. Many operations can be performed in the … Continue reading
Performance Animation
We need to design actions by ourselves to complete the animation for this time. Thus I decided to first find some information online, which could help me to trigger my inspirations for designing actions. During the process of finding information, my first idea was [interesting]. What I wanted to design … Continue reading
Research Presentation
Presentation Transcript of the Presentation My presentation is about the lighting in 3D children’s animation. My presentation is divided into four sections. First, I will talk about the importance of lighting in 3D children’s animation; second, I will explore the … Continue reading
Research and Report
The Research of Lighting in 3D Children’s Animation Foreword to my report: First, I would like to explain why I choose the light effect of children’s animation as the topic of my report. When I was a child, 3D children’s … Continue reading
Week8: Phonemes
This week’s session explores importing sound into Maya and then animating the model’s mouth. It is important to note that the sound format needs to be converted to WAV or AIFF at first. After imported audio successfully, you will see … Continue reading