Proseminar/Seminar - How to make a PIXAR movie
Prof. Dr. Westermann, Christian Dick
Proseminar/Seminar - How to make a PIXAR movie | |
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Time, Place | 26./27.01.2012, Room MI 02.13.010 |
Begin: | Introduction & topic assignment on Tuesday, 18.10.2011 at 15:00-16:00 in room MI 02.13.010 |
Prerequisites: | none |
Registration: | Registration is CLOSED. There are no free places left. To register, it was required to send an e-mail to dick@tum.de (including name, matriculation number, semester number in WS 2011/12, study program, date of birth, and module according to www.in.tum.de/en/for-students-of-the-tum/modules-and-study-courses/modulkatalog.html). 14 spots were assigned in the order of registration. |
Contents
The main purpose of this seminar is to introduce the basic ideas of computer graphics. Exemplary topics as they occur in the process of generating an animated feature-film will be discussed. The seminar will try to cover the entire pipeline from the storyboard to the final movie, thus giving detailed insight in how computer-assisted animation is done today. The focus will be on computer graphics, but there will be other topics that address more artistic views as well.
To sucessfully participate in this seminar, the attendants have to prepare a talk, which should last 25-30 (proseminar) or 40-45 minutes (seminar). Talks can be held in German or English, with German being preferred. Supplementary, a short workout (approximately 4-6 pages) has to be prepared. During the preparation for the talks, independent investigation for further reading is desired. For general details, please see Seminar FAQ (PDF, not up-to-date).
News / Information
This seminar will be held as a block course on two days at the end of the winter term. We offer a total of 14 spots for undergraduate (Proseminar/Seminar) and graduate (Seminar) students.
An introduction (Slides) will be held on October 18, 2011 in room MI 02.13.010, 15:00-16:00. Topics will be assigned during the introductory meeting in the order of registration.
The presentation slides and workouts are available ( zip file).
Available Topics
Date | Title | Student | Betreuer | Link |
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26.01.2012, 12:40 | 01 The Animation Pipeline | Jakob Wimmer | [webpage] | |
26.01.2012, 13:15 | 02 Modeling | Ivan Bratoev | [webpage] | |
26.01.2012, 13:50 | 03 Rigging and Skinning | Felix Schmid | [webpage] | |
26.01.2012, 14:40 | 04 Motion Capturing | Eva Maria Gibtner | [webpage] | |
26.01.2012, 15:15 | 05 Inverse Kinematics | Martin Erich Jobst | [webpage] | |
26.01.2012, 15:50 | 06 Rigid Body Motion | Florian Grötzner | [webpage] | |
26.01.2012, 16:40 | 07 Deformable Bodies | Amin Chawki | [webpage] | |
27.01.2012, 10:30 | 08 Lighting and Shading | Tim Wiese | [webpage] | |
27.01.2012, 11:20 | 09 Raytracing | Mathias Kanzler | [webpage] | |
27.01.2012, 12:45 | 10 Texturing | Johannes Eder | [webpage] | |
27.01.2012, 13:20 | 11 Photon Mapping | An Lu | [webpage] | |
27.01.2012, 13:55 | 12 Global Illumination Effects | Daniela Bayer | [webpage] | |
27.01.2012, 14:45 | 13 Non-Photorealistic Rendering | Daniel Graf Hoyos | [webpage] | |
27.01.2012, 15:20 | 14 Compositing and Post-Effects | Benedikt Peter | [webpage] |
Literature and Links
- PIXAR online library
- Dreamworks Animation SKG
- Foley, Van Dam, Feiner, Hughes: Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition in C
- Griebel, Bungartz, Zenger: Computer Graphik, Vieweg Verlag
- In case google fails, ask us for material.
ACM Digital Library
The TUM has an account at the ACM digital library which hosts some of the most important conferences on Computer Graphics. To access it, proceed as follows:
- Configure your browser to use proxy.informatik.tu-muenchen.de at port 8080.
- Read the three bullets below, then browse to ACM Digital Library.
- Make sure you see "HeBIS: TU Muenchen" witten in the logo, and not "Technische Universitaet Muenchen".
- Now you can search for papers, topics etc. They are hosted in pdf format.
- It might be necessary to perform the above procedure from within the TU web.
