{"id":4505,"date":"2021-02-25T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=4505"},"modified":"2021-02-25T18:27:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T23:27:39","slug":"3dve-4-animation-scripting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=4505","title":{"rendered":"3DVE #4 ? Animation ? Scripting ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Announcements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Please be prepared to discuss what you\u2019ve been up to this week regarding 3DVE.<\/li><li>NEW Items in the 3DVE Menu: <ul><li>Recordings<\/li><li>Projects + Extra Credit<\/li><li>Coming soon: Data Sources<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>New Office Hours link for March-May will be emailed later today.<\/li><li>If you heard from me yesterday: please submit ASAP; letter grades are dropping.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agenda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>3:10<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pearsonhighered.com\/assets\/samplechapter\/0\/1\/3\/1\/0131018167.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chapter 2<\/a>.2 and 2.3 of&nbsp;<em>Designing Virtual Worlds<\/em>. What was most interesting in this reading? Did you come away with questions? Are there passages you disagree with?&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Animation: simple keyframing and graph editor. Camera &amp; lights. <\/li><li>Rendering: ALWAYS check your renderer and resolution before rendering. I suggest using Maya software and a low-res for initial renders of anything.<ul><li>Using the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/knowledge.autodesk.com\/support\/maya\/learn-explore\/caas\/CloudHelp\/cloudhelp\/2020\/ENU\/Maya-Scripting\/files\/GUID-7C861047-C7E0-4780-ACB5-752CD22AB02E-htm.html\" target=\"_blank\">script editor<\/a> to check for errors<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/knowledge.autodesk.com\/support\/maya\/learn-explore\/caas\/CloudHelp\/cloudhelp\/2019\/ENU\/Maya-Rendering\/files\/GUID-47B076A4-7952-4794-9C5E-69E30C8783B0-htm.html\" target=\"_blank\">Command line rendering<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Scripting <ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/MAYAUL\/2020\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-60178D44-9990-45B4-8B43-9429D54DF70E\" target=\"_blank\">MEL Overview<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/MAYAUL\/2020\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-984E3CBF-9784-4AF7-863F-984FA7D7AD93\" target=\"_blank\">Looking at built-in MEL scripts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnh.org\/research\/hayden-planetarium\/digital-universe\">Digital Universe<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1K4yk3hUV9g4D51v0YXX2Ectc0Bk-RlNi\" target=\"_blank\">Constellation Vis<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>4:50 Break<\/li><li>5:00 Discussion<ul><li>Follow-up on tech topics<\/li><li>Follow-ups: <ul><li>Reference image in mindrider.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Complex tools and renderers: Not required! Less is more! KISS (Keep it simple, stupid)! Simple tools!<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1LWK_NPqkArdosrGnuE1dIiLuj0-KXEoM\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Prof D Reel<\/a> was made all with very simple tools.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>3D and non-entertainment options<\/li><li>Deformers (if there&#8217;s time)<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Why Data? (if there\u2019s time)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assignments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=4526\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4526\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Project 2 is due<\/span> before class next week, on March 4.<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Technical Stuff<\/strong>. <ul><li>Go through the very brief <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/MAYAUL\/2020\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-3CC75458-42A5-4703-B001-6A7B53F6CAD7\" target=\"_blank\">Beginning MEL Scripting<\/a> tutorial, including the subtopics <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/MAYAUL\/2020\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-399C2DE0-B888-4091-A6E5-FC83AF2139F6\" target=\"_blank\">Obtain the transform, shape, and history nodes<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/MAYAUL\/2020\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-5E79C4FD-4D33-4617-A17B-EA2EF27D2667\" target=\"_blank\">Modify attributes with scripts<\/a>, etc.<\/li><li>Before class next week, try<ul><li>Loading the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1efs_poCX69fPHXKx5m-5ttAywPA5Ycgu\" target=\"_blank\">Ursa Minor MEL file<\/a> into the Maya Script Editor and try to understand how this file was generated from the Digital Universe files <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1pZtfssXPaSYTLE6rsy1tsTwu7EIUHWUf\" target=\"_blank\">stars.speck and constellationLines.speck<\/a>.<\/li><li>Running the Ursa Minor MEL file and checking out the stars!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Optional: if you have time and feel ready, watch and follow a more advanced <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLC046B3E3DEA809D4\" target=\"_blank\">scripting tutorial<\/a> on YouTube.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Conceptual Stuff:<\/strong> None for next week! We will return to this after we look at scripting.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Announcements: Extra Credit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can now check the <a href=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=4526\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4526\">Projects +Extra Credit<\/a> page for a running list of EC options.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcements Please be prepared to discuss what you\u2019ve been up to this week regarding 3DVE. NEW Items in the 3DVE Menu: Recordings Projects + Extra Credit Coming soon: Data Sources New Office Hours link for March-May will be emailed later today. If you heard from me yesterday: please submit ASAP; letter grades are dropping. 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