CMPUT 307 - 3D Graphics and Animation with 3DS Max

Overview

Developing appealing graphics and animations has become a requirement in many industrial applications like advertising, movies, games and TV. Virtual characters have also been integrated into many social web applications such as Second Life, Google and so on. This course is intended to be an introduction to Graphics and Animation through the use of the 3D Studio Max package and through the discussion of the underlying concepts. We will strongly encourage interdisciplinary projects in this course.

Objectives

  • Understand 3D object construction and animation
  • Generating and animating 3D models in 3DS Max

Course Work

  • Assignments
  • Labs
  • Team Project
  • Midterm(s)
  • Final Exam