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Date<\/th>Themes and Objectives<\/th>Agenda<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Week 1<\/strong>
Monday
April 3<\/td>		DESMA 156: 3D Modeling and Motion<\/em><\/strong>
Class overview<\/td>		Hi.
Introductions, class survey, overview of syllabus, assignments, website.

Lecture 1a: A brief history and basic concepts of 3D<\/em><\/strong>
Basic concepts and terms in 3D. The 3D industry and art practices from the past to the future.

Tutorial 1a: Software setups<\/em><\/strong>
Mandatory: Cinema 4D (Can switch to Blender or Maya with my permission), ZBrush (Blender), Substance Painter, 3DF Zephyr Free, Unity
Optional: Bounding Box Materialize, RealityScan(Mobile App), Instant Meshes, Daz Studio

HOMEWORK:<\/strong>
(Due Wednesday, April 5) Get ready for your license and software. 
<\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday
April 5<\/td>		Hard Surface Modeling<\/em><\/strong>
Edge Flow<\/td>		Tutorial 1b: Hard Surface Modeling Techniques on Cinema 4D<\/strong><\/em>
Interface, navigation, primitive objects, move, scale, rotate,
vertex, edge, polygon, select,
Low2High: Subdivision Surface, Boolean, Deformer, Symmetry, Cloner,
Topology: N-gon, Edge Flow, voxel, remesh
Save, Export, Upload

Resources and Videos

HOMEWORKS:<\/strong>
a. Exercise 1 (Due Monday, April 10) Quadrifid Reality

b. Find a video tutorial on hard surface modeling that is at least 30 minutes long. The objective of this assignment is not only to watch the video, but also to actively follow along and create the model yourself.<\/td><\/tr>
Week 2<\/strong>
Monday
April 10<\/td>		Texturing<\/strong>
<\/em>UV Unwrapping & Texturing<\/td>		Covid\/Discord\/FTP uploading
Exercise 1 Due<\/mark>
Volunteer\/Name Wheel
Tutorial 2a:<\/em><\/strong> Extra<\/strong> Hard Surface Modeling Techniques on Cinema 4D<\/strong><\/em>
Cut, Dissolve, Extrude, Symmetry, Cloner
Lecture 2a: Understanding UV<\/strong><\/em>
Tutorial 2b: UV unwrapping and texturing on Cinema 4D<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday
April 12<\/td>		Texturing<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Lecture 2b: Texture Maps<\/strong><\/em>
https:\/\/ambientcg.com\/view?id=Concrete042D<\/a>
Tutorial 2c: Wiley: Texturing on Substance 3D Painter<\/em><\/strong>
Tutorial 2d: Advanced Hard Surface Modeling Techniques on Cinema 4D<\/em><\/strong>
referrence image, polygon pen

HOMEWORK:<\/strong>
Refine the topology of your models
Exercise 2 (Due Monday, April 17) Texture Hunting<\/td><\/tr>
Week 3<\/strong>
Monday
April 17<\/td>		Rendering<\/em><\/strong>
Soft shadows. Rays.<\/td>		Exercise 2 Due<\/mark>
<\/mark><\/strong>
REWIND<\/em><\/mark><\/strong>
recording

HOMEWORK:<\/strong>
Keep working on exercise 2<\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday
April 19<\/td>		Rendering<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Recording
Poly: 3D Material Ai Generator<\/a>
Lecture 3a: Basic Concepts of 3D Rendering
Tutorial 3a: Shaders and Rendering Engines<\/em><\/strong>
Shaders, hair, fog

HOMEWORK:<\/strong>
INTRODUCE PROJECT A: Dice and Design<\/em><\/strong>
Exercise 3 (Due Monday, April 24) Let There Be Light<\/td><\/tr>
Week 4<\/strong>
Monday
April 24<\/td>		Organic modeling<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Tablet
Project A due changed to May 8th
Redshift fast rendering settings
Exercise 3 Due<\/mark>

Tutorial 4a: Organic Modeling in C4D and ZBrush<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday
April 26<\/td>		Organic modeling<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Tutorial 4b: Advanced Character Modeling<\/strong><\/em>
Simple C4D Character
Refine in Zbrush
Posing your character
Zsphere, Mixamo, Daz Studio

HOMEWORK:<\/strong>
(Due Monday, May 8) Project A<\/td><\/tr>
Week 5<\/strong>
Monday
May 1<\/td>		Photogrammetry<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Extra Sculpturing Tutorial

Lecture 5a: An Introduction to Photogrammetry
Tutorial 5a: 3dFlow Zephyr and RealityScan<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday
May 3<\/td>		Photogrammetry<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Tutorial 5b: Refining Photogrammetry Models<\/strong><\/em>

Extra Sculpturing Tutorial
HOMEWORK:<\/strong>
Exercise 4 (Due Monday, May 8) Digitizing Reality<\/td><\/tr>
Week 6<\/strong>
Monday
May 8<\/td>		Motion<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Project A Due<\/mark><\/strong>
Exercise 4 Due<\/mark>

Tutorial 6a: Motion with Cinema4D<\/strong><\/em>
Motion graphs
X particles

INTRODUCE PROJECT B
HOMEWORK:<\/strong>
(Due Monday, May 15) Project B<\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday
May 10<\/td>		Motion<\/em><\/strong><\/td>UV
Tutorial 6b: Motion with Cinema4D<\/strong><\/em>
Fast Rendering

Introduce Final Project.<\/td><\/tr>
Week 7<\/strong>
Monday
May 15<\/td>		Interactive\/Real-Time<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> Animation<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Unity setup
Project B Due<\/mark>
Tutorial 7a: Working with Unity<\/strong><\/em>
Model\/Material\/Animation\/Alembic\/Animator\/Shader\/VFX<\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday
May 17<\/td>		<\/td>Individual meetings about final projects
link<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Week 8<\/strong>
Monday
May 22<\/td>		The future of 3D<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Tutorial 8a: AI-Based 3D<\/strong><\/em>
PIFuHD<\/a>, Runwayml GEN-1<\/a>, NeRF<\/a>, Luma<\/a>, withPoly<\/a>, cascadeur<\/a>, NVidia Picasso<\/a>, Wonder Dynamics<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday
May 24<\/td>		Final Project<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Tutorial 8b: AI-Based 3Ds<\/strong><\/em>

Office hours<\/td><\/tr>
Week 9<\/strong>
Monday
May 29<\/td>		Memorial Day Holiday<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday
May 31<\/td>		Final Project<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Class Evaluation
Photogrammetry Cleaning
Office hours<\/td><\/tr>
Week 10<\/strong>
Monday
June 5<\/td>		Final Project<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Office hours<\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday
June 7<\/td>		Final Project<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Office hours<\/td><\/tr>
Week 11<\/strong>
Monday
June 12<\/td>		Final Exhibition <\/td>BROAD 4230, 2PM<\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday
June 14<\/td>		<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Friday
June 16<\/td>		Commencement<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
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