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MAA 3312: Advanced Texturing and Lighting

In this course the students will learn to apply traditional paint concepts, tools, and techniques for use in computer animation. They will develop critical ideas for surface treatment, texture, and lighting and demonstrate the layering of light in space to create mood, emotion and theme.
Furthermore, they will demonstrate an understanding of global illumination, final gather, Radiosity, and HDRI. Finally, upon completion they will be able to critically understand how light affects a surfaces’ color based on material: Diffusion, Gloss, Specularity, Reflectivity, Translucence, and Ambience.

 
     
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Week 11: Final Critique, click on images below for larger

Project 6:Students will model their own interior enviornments. They will be responsible for Modeling, UV layout, lighting, texturing, and shader creation. Grading will be based on several Catagories. Each section is graded on the 6 point scale and factors into the final class grade as seen in the purple section below.

6a----Spec Sheet:
Photographic reference material compiled into a PDF

6b----Modeling:
A bank of simple models will be provided for those who don't excell at it, but modeling from scratch is encouraged and factored into the grade

6c----Texturing:
UV layout and texture complexity is considered. You may not use more than a single 4096sq texture's worth of space for all items in the room. Example:
1x 4096 -or-
4x 2048 -or-
16x 1024 -or-
8x 1024 AND 2x 2048
etc.....

THIS IS FOR ALL CHANNELS (color, normal, spec, etc....)

6d---Lighitng:
Use of light with appropriate color, shadows, and bouncing.

6e---Render Passes:
You will be making renders from 3 camera angles. Each angle should show evidence of composited passes (AO, GI, reflections, etc...) to enhance the look of the render

 

Examples of Excellent Work:
Image by Shaik Ramzan Image by Roy Havens
Image by Dmitriy Golovinov Image by Matt Williams
Images by Razvan Luta Image Calhan Schnieder
Image by Zach Peterson Image by Jan Wyss
Image by
Adam Everton
Image by Matt Higison
Image by
Doug Crawford
Image by
Jessica Brunson
Image by
Dennis Osmanbegovic
  Image by Zhuo Fan Hang
Image by Trevin York Image by Jason Pettibone
Image by Dante Gainer   Image by Juan Quiroz
Image by Matt Forehand Image by John Dawson
Image by Marlena Hammond   Image by Corey Brown
Image by Chris Stewart Image by Shilpa Tripathi and Ju Hyn Oh
Image by Matt Jue Image by Scott Thomas
Image by
Jason MacHardy
  Image by Yi Ou
Image by Ted Daly   Image by Ravi Giraputra
Image by Yinpeng Ma   Image by Chris Latolais
Image by Michael True Image by Oscar Espinoza
Image by Lee Farrell Image by Jessica Bradley
Image by Josh Wanamaker-Parker Images by Bryan Trowbridge
Image by Sean Roche
Image by: Arnaud Arens Image by
Alex Lee
Image by Me Lee Vue Image by Jordan Pierre
Image by
Miguel Ortiz
Image by
Ryan Perez
       
   
       
       

 

 

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