CPSC 815 Special Effects Production
Fall 2002
<http://andrewd.ces.clemson.edu/courses/cpsc815/fall02/sched.html>

12:30-1:45TTH Rhodes 312

Schedule
(Tentative)

DateL#Topic
Thu. Aug.2201 Introduction; course overview
Tue. Aug.2702 Image compositing, historical overview, basic technique, The Gimp
Thu. Aug.2903 Image representation (channels and layers), RGB color space
Tue. Sep.0304 Class cancelled
Self-study Assignments:
  1. rent and watch Perfect Storm DVD, pay particular attention to storyboarding examples given in the added materials
  2. rent and watch Gone in 60 Seconds DVD, pay particular attention to compositing examples given in the added materials
Thu. Sep.0505 Class cancelled
Self-study Assignments:
  1. rent and watch O Brother Where Art Thou DVD, pay particular attention to color balancing/correction examples given in the added materials
  2. rent and watch Cast Away DVD, pay particular attention to bluescreening and matchmoving examples given in the added materials
Tue. Sep.1006 Guest lecturer: Tim Davis
File formats (headers, data), compression schemes (lossy, lossless, etc.)
Thu. Sep.1207 Guest lecturer: Tim Davis
Image I/O, memory storage
Tue. Sep.1708 Image mapping
Thu. Sep.1909 Image warping (introduction)
Tue. Sep.2410 Apple Shake: GUI, interaction
Module 01: UI
Project 1 due (The Gimp)
Thu. Sep.2611 Apple Shake: GUI, interaction
Module 02: UI, Voyager, Fairy composites
Tue. Oct.0112 Apple Shake: basic compositing
Module 03: split screen comp
Module 04: blob comp
Thu. Oct.0313 Apple Shake: chroma-keying
Module 07: rotoshape, ship comp
Module 09: primatte, ashtray comp
Module 10: keylight, viper comp
Tue. Oct.0814 Apple Shake: color correction
Module 05: beach images
Thu. Oct.1015 Apple Shake: basic image stabilization
Module 08: sentinel comp
Tue. Oct.1516 Apple Shake: match-moving, tracking
Module 13: building, watch comps
Thu. Oct.1717 Apple Shake: anamorphic images and depth-mapping
Module 11: vine comp
Tue. Oct.2218 Apple Shake: painting and dirt removal
Module 06: quickpaint and crow comp
Thu. Oct.2419 Apple Shake: animation and command line
Module 12: fairy comp Module 14: command line
Tue. Oct.2920 Image warping (cont'd)
Thu. Oct.3121 Class cancelled
Self-study Assignments:
  1. complete Shake assignments
Tue. Nov.05-- Fall Break
Thu. Nov.0722 Sampling theorem & Fourier transform
Project 2 due (Apple Shake: several short labs)
Tue. Nov.1223 Convolution (OpenGL)and image filtering
Thu. Nov.1424 Screenplays & scripts
Tue. Nov.1925 Storyboards
Thu. Nov.2126 3-act story structure
Tue. Nov.2627 Poject 3 demos
Project 3 (Image Manip Tool: rotate/scale) due
Final project script &: storyboards due
Thu. Nov.28-- Thanksgiving
Tue. Dec.0328 Inverse DWT & pyramidal image representation
Thu. Dec.0529 Final project planning: scripts, storyboards, CG/live action elements & compositing
Fri. Dec.1330 Final animation due
Project presentations 1:00-4:00pm