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Slide 1: ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Animation I Joerg Meyer jmeyer@uci.edu http://www.eng.uci.edu/~jmeyer ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 2: Animation • • • • • What is computer animation? History of computer animation Applications Games/movies Research areas ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 3: Animation • What is computer animation? – Scene modeling Example: Given three points, the computer draws a (filled) triangle having these points as vertices. Polygonal scene modeling (CAD system) ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 4: Animation • What is computer animation? – Scene animation Example: Move vertices. Vertex animation ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 5: Animation • What is computer animation? – Scene animation Example: Move object. ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 6: Animation • What is computer animation? – Scene animation Example: Move object. ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 7: Animation • What is computer animation? – Scene animation Example: Move object. ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 8: Animation • What is computer animation? – Scene animation Example: Move object. ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 9: Animation • What is computer animation? – Scene animation Example: Move object. ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 10: Animation • What is computer animation? – Scene animation Example: Move object. ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 11: Animation • What is computer animation? – Scene animation Example: Move object. ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 12: Animation • What is computer animation? – Scene animation Example: Move object. ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 13: Animation • What is computer animation? – Scene animation Example: Move object. Object animation ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 14: Animation • What is computer animation? – Camera animation Example: Move camera. Camera animation (easier than vertex animation) ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 15: Animation • What is computer animation? – Animation modes: • Vertex animation • Object animation • Camera animation ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 16: Animation • Polygonal scene modeling – CAD system ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu
Slide 17: Animation • History of computer animation – 1950s CAD – 1960s CAD/CAM (BOEING: plot on paper, filmed) – 1970s 8-bit micro computers (8 colors, dithering) - Gouraud/Phong shading - z-buffering - painter’s algorithm (hidden line removal) - anti-aliasing – 1980s Geometry Engine (visual workstation by SGI) Transfer to film, later to video tape. – 1990s 64-bit CISC/RISC architectures, 128-bit consoles ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu - Radiosity - RenderMan (Pixar, 1988) - Wavefront, Alias, Softimage, Side Effects Software) ?
Slide 18: Questions? Joerg Meyer EECS/BME Department University of California, Irvine 644E Engineering Tower Irvine, CA 92697-2625 jmeyer@uci.edu http://www.eng.uci.edu/~jmeyer ECE204 Advanced Computer Graphics Joerg Meyer – 644E Engineering Tower – jmeyer@uci.edu