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Students have exclusive use of a computer during scheduled class hours. Lab time is integrated as part of the instructional hours; additional lab time is not available. The Windows operating system and PC computers will be used unless otherwise indicated in the course description.

 

Introduction to Computer Animation with Maya

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2213-A
  • Day(s) W
  • Dates Jun 05 - Jul 31
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Canceled
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Autodesk Maya is an animation and effects software program used in the broadcast, film, game development and web design industries. The course begins with a practical overview of Maya, from its intuitive interface to project management. Building from this foundation, basic techniques in modeling, animation, lighting and rendering will be addressed. By the end of the course, students will have created a 10-second animation piece. The course is an introduction to a sophisticated application; previous experience with a 3D program is highly recommended.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-1013, Windows and PC Basics, or equivalent.

Instructor

Mark Corotan

Art director, computer graphics artist, Curious Pictures; animator. Formerly, lead animation designer, R/GA

Education:

BFA, School of Visual Arts

Clients include:

Nokia, Nike, Subaru, Verizon

Film festivals include:

Anima, MetroCAF

Publications include:

Exposé 2, Corel Painter Official Magazine

Awards include:

First Place, fine arts, Philippine National Science Society

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Introduction to Computer Animation with Maya

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2213-B
  • Day(s) W
  • Dates Jun 05 - Jul 31
  • Hours 01:30PM - 05:30PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Autodesk Maya is an animation and effects software program used in the broadcast, film, game development and web design industries. The course begins with a practical overview of Maya, from its intuitive interface to project management. Building from this foundation, basic techniques in modeling, animation, lighting and rendering will be addressed. By the end of the course, students will have created a 10-second animation piece. The course is an introduction to a sophisticated application; previous experience with a 3D program is highly recommended.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-1013, Windows and PC Basics, or equivalent.

Instructor

Carl Edwards

Animator, technical director

Education:

BA, University of Illinois, Chicago

Clients include:

Lester Weiss Computer Animation and Data Motion Arts; Doros Motion; Magno Sound & Video; Sam Edwards Editing Group, Inc.; Transcom Media; Digital Animation

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Introduction to Computer Animation with Maya

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2213-C
  • Day(s) W,F
  • Dates Jun 05 - Jun 28
  • Hours 09:00AM - 01:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Canceled
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Autodesk Maya is an animation and effects software program used in the broadcast, film, game development and web design industries. The course begins with a practical overview of Maya, from its intuitive interface to project management. Building from this foundation, basic techniques in modeling, animation, lighting and rendering will be addressed. By the end of the course, students will have created a 10-second animation piece. The course is an introduction to a sophisticated application; previous experience with a 3D program is highly recommended.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-1013, Windows and PC Basics, or equivalent.

Instructor

Carl Edwards

Animator, technical director

Education:

BA, University of Illinois, Chicago

Clients include:

Lester Weiss Computer Animation and Data Motion Arts; Doros Motion; Magno Sound & Video; Sam Edwards Editing Group, Inc.; Transcom Media; Digital Animation

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Introduction to Computer Animation with Maya

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2213-D
  • Day(s) S
  • Dates Jun 08 - Aug 03
  • Hours 10:00AM - 02:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Canceled
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Autodesk Maya is an animation and effects software program used in the broadcast, film, game development and web design industries. The course begins with a practical overview of Maya, from its intuitive interface to project management. Building from this foundation, basic techniques in modeling, animation, lighting and rendering will be addressed. By the end of the course, students will have created a 10-second animation piece. The course is an introduction to a sophisticated application; previous experience with a 3D program is highly recommended.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-1013, Windows and PC Basics, or equivalent.

Instructor

Josephine Noh

Digital VFX artist

Education:

BFA, School of Visual Arts.

Clients include:

Curious Pictures; Phosphene; 1st Ave Machine; The Lifelong Friendship Society; Offhollywood Digital; Mad Dog Films, Inc.

Film credits include:

Compositor, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Mildred Pierce (HBO miniseries); cg artist, Chicago 10.


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Introduction to Computer Animation with Maya

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2213-E
  • Day(s) M,T,W,TH,F
  • Dates Jun 17 - Jun 21
  • Hours 09:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 4.00
  • Cost 800.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Autodesk Maya is an animation and effects software program used in the broadcast, film, game development and web design industries. The course begins with a practical overview of Maya, from its intuitive interface to project management. Building from this foundation, basic techniques in modeling, animation, lighting and rendering will be addressed. By the end of the course, students will have created a 10-second animation piece. The course is an introduction to a sophisticated application; previous experience with a 3D program is highly recommended.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-1013, Windows and PC Basics, or equivalent.

Instructor

Eric Eiser

Designer, director, 3D artist

Education:

BFA, MFA, School of Visual Arts

Clients include:

Lifetime, Nickelodeon, MSNBC, MTV, NBC, CBS, Showtime, VH1, The Movie Channel

Awards and honors include:

Emmy Award, Ciné Golden Eagle, Broadcast Design Association, Telly, U.S. International Film and Video Festival, ADDY

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Introduction to VFX Animation with Houdini

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-2758-A
  • Day(s) M
  • Dates Jun 03 - Jul 22
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Canceled
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

This course will give an introduction to the Houdini interface, procedural modeling, particles and dynamics. We will also cover some of Houdini's expression functions, which give creative control to produce powerful visual effects and models. Projects will include the creation of procedural landscapes, explosive particle effects and a basic crowd/flocking simulation. The concepts and techniques covered, such as Houdini's procedurally based workflow and rigid body dynamics, will show you how to get the most out of this impressive software in the same way studios do for commercial and film productions.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-1013, Windows and PC Basics, or equivalent.

Instructor

David Mellor

Senior technical director, commercials director, Framestore, New York

Education:

BSc, with honors, University of Luton; MA, Bournemouth University

Worked on commercials, including:

"Waste," General Electric; "Sea," Smirnoff; "Light Launch," Coors; "Lemon Aid," McDonald's; "Record," AT&T; "Get Thinkering," Nintendo; "Snowflake," Starbucks; "Gorilla Glass," Corning Incorporated

Awards and honors include:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial, Visual Effects Society Award

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Intermediate Computer Animation with Maya

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-3213-A
  • Day(s) TH
  • Dates Jun 06 - Aug 01
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Canceled
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


This course will focus on the development of a 3D character from conception to a short animation. Students will further explore Autodesk Maya's modeling tools from NURBS and polygons to subdivisions in order to digitally recreate 3D characters, props and environments. Students will discover how to bring a character to life by learning how to texture, rig and animate, in addition to exploring Maya's more highend effects using particles, dynamics, fur and paint effects. By the end of the course, each student will have created a fully rigged character in a 10-second animation piece.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-2213, Introduction to Computer Animation with Maya, or equivalent.

Instructor

Vic Fina II

Visual effects artist; animator; rigger; graphic designer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Education:

BFA, School of Visual Arts

Professional experience includes:

Application engineer, Alias/Wavefront

Clients include:

Hello Doggie Productions, CBS News, ABC News, CNN, Bloomberg, NBC Sports, WWE, Imaginary Forces, Smoke & Mirrors, Syfy, Merck, Pfizer, Smile Train, Golf Channel, Bear Stearns, Johnson & Johnson, Disney, Ford, Foster Medical Communication, Nickelodeon, VH1, MSG Network, New York Stock Exchange, New York University Medical Center, USA Network

 

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Intermediate Computer Animation with Maya

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-3213-B
  • Day(s) W,F
  • Dates Jul 10 - Aug 02
  • Hours 09:00AM - 01:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


This course will focus on the development of a 3D character from conception to a short animation. Students will further explore Autodesk Maya's modeling tools from NURBS and polygons to subdivisions in order to digitally recreate 3D characters, props and environments. Students will discover how to bring a character to life by learning how to texture, rig and animate, in addition to exploring Maya's more highend effects using particles, dynamics, fur and paint effects. By the end of the course, each student will have created a fully rigged character in a 10-second animation piece.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-2213, Introduction to Computer Animation with Maya, or equivalent.

Instructor

Carl Edwards

Animator, technical director

Education:

BA, University of Illinois, Chicago

Clients include:

Lester Weiss Computer Animation and Data Motion Arts; Doros Motion; Magno Sound & Video; Sam Edwards Editing Group, Inc.; Transcom Media; Digital Animation

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Advanced Modeling and Rigging

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-3736-A
  • Day(s) T
  • Dates Jun 04 - Jul 23
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Canceled
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

Advanced skills in specialized areas of computer animation is the focus of this course. Students will refine their modeling and rigging skills to create lifelike characters, props and environments. We will examine Maya's modeling tools from NURBS and polygons to subdivision surfaces. Students will also learn how to improve their character setup skills in order to create characters that move realistically and naturally.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-3213, Intermediate Computer Animation with Maya, or equivalent.

Instructor

Adam Burr

Senior research associate, Blue Sky Studios

Education:

BS, Columbia University

Projects include:

Robots; Horton Hears a Who!; Rio; The Ice Age Series

Former clients include:

R/GA, Spontaneous Combustion, Blink.fx

Award:

James F. Parker Memorial Award, Columbia University

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Digital Sculpting with ZBrush and Mudbox

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-3747-A
  • Day(s) M,T,W,TH,F
  • Dates Jun 03 - Jun 07
  • Hours 09:00AM - 05:00PM
  • Ceus 4.00
  • Cost 800.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Canceled
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description


Through the study of digital sculpting students will use traditional sculpting techniques to advance their knowledge of modeling. Students will be taught how to use both Pixologic ZBrush and Autodesk Mudbox to virtually sculpt 3D models. We will discuss the advantages of each software application, as well and explore their integration into the computer animation production pipeline.

Instructor

Instructor: TBA

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Digital Sculpting with ZBrush and Mudbox

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-3747-B
  • Day(s) W
  • Dates Jun 05 - Jul 31
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Open
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

Through the study of digital sculpting students will use traditional sculpting techniques to advance their knowledge of modeling. Students will be taught how to use both Pixologic ZBrush and Autodesk Mudbox to virtually sculpt 3D models. We will discuss the advantages of each software application, as well and explore their integration into the computer animation production pipeline.

Instructor

Information Coming Soon.

 
 

Lighting and Rendering with Maya

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-3751-A
  • Day(s) T
  • Dates Jun 04 - Jul 23
  • Hours 06:30PM - 10:30PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Canceled
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

Lighting and rendering for production is the focus of this course. Technical and aesthetic overviews of lighting and workflow for studio, presentation, film and special effects will be addressed, as well as tonal evaluation of image, color and temperature. Topics will include: shadows, soft shadow, control, light types, lighting setup and control, custom light control interface design, raytracing, mental ray versus Maya renderer, caustics, Final Gathering, global illumination. Rendering issues will include advanced shaders and shading networks, Maya/mental ray shaders, rendering in layers, batch rendering, command line rendering, render scripts, camera, lens, shutter attributes, camera animation and cinematography. We will compare and contrast digital techniques with a variety of traditional approaches to lighting used in classical painting, photography and film.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-3213, Intermediate Computer Animation with Maya, or equivalent.

Instructor

Vic Fina II

Visual effects artist; animator; rigger; graphic designer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Education:

BFA, School of Visual Arts

Professional experience includes:

Application engineer, Alias/Wavefront

Clients include:

Hello Doggie Productions, CBS News, ABC News, CNN, Bloomberg, NBC Sports, WWE, Imaginary Forces, Smoke & Mirrors, Syfy, Merck, Pfizer, Smile Train, Golf Channel, Bear Stearns, Johnson & Johnson, Disney, Ford, Foster Medical Communication, Nickelodeon, VH1, MSG Network, New York Stock Exchange, New York University Medical Center, USA Network

 

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Character Animation: Techniques and Development

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-3771-A
  • Day(s) TH
  • Dates Jun 06 - Aug 01
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 3.00
  • Cost 640.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Canceled
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

This course will focus on two essential skills for creating character animation in Autodesk Maya-rigging and animating a character. Students will study Disney's "Rules of Animation" and apply them to 3D character motion. We will then examine how to properly rig and animate a character to create an effective scene. A bi-pedal rig will be provided for students to adapt to their own model. Lectures and assignments will address the principles of animation and techniques that work. Topics will include: how a rig deforms a model, how a rig functions as a "user interface" for the animator and how to edit animations creating a library of animation with Maya's Trax editor. Students will create a fully rigged and animated character.
PREREQUISITE: SMC-2213, Introduction to Computer Animation with Maya, or equivalent.

Instructor

Ryan Moran

Senior animator, Psyop

Education:

BFA, School of Visual Arts

Clients include:

British Gas, AT&T, Friskies, Xerox, Fanta, Nesquik, Coca-Cola

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Intensive Computer Animation with Maya

Course Details
  • Course Number SMC-3781-A
  • Day(s) M,W
  • Dates Jun 03 - Jul 29
  • Hours 06:00PM - 10:00PM
  • Ceus 6.00
  • Cost 1280.00
  • Additional Fees 0.00
  • Status Canceled
  • Location 133/141 West 21st Street

Description

Autodesk Maya is an animation and effects software program used in the film, broadcast, game development and Web design industries. This intensive course is geared toward those individuals who are serious about pursuing a career in computer animation. Using a lecture/lab format, students will be taken from a basic to an intermediate working level with Maya. The course will begin with a rapid ramp-up to ensure that students are familiar with the basics of Maya, from its interface to project management. Building on this foundation, the course will cover aspects of modeling (NURBS, polygons, subdivision surfaces), animation lighting, rendering, dynamics, fur and paint effects. By the end of the course, each student will have created a fully rigged character in a 10-second animation piece. Previous experience with a 3D application is highly recommended.
PREREQUISITE: SWC-1013, Windows and PC Basics, or equivalent.

Instructor

Carl Edwards

Animator, technical director

Education:

BA, University of Illinois, Chicago

Clients include:

Lester Weiss Computer Animation and Data Motion Arts; Doros Motion; Magno Sound & Video; Sam Edwards Editing Group, Inc.; Transcom Media; Digital Animation

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