Oct 7
audio
Issues with audacity file formats:
The ProjectName.aup file doesn't contain the audio clips;
all the audio is a nearby ProjectName folder. To submit
it to me, you should
- definitely export to .mp3 or .wav to get a single playable file,
- if you can, make a compressed archive of the audacity work, i.e.
- put YourStuff.aup and the YourStuff/ folder into a single folder, e.g. MyProject/
- make an 'archive' (i.e. compressed collection of many files), and submit that.
In any case, please do submit the original sound files, and a final (.wav or .mp3)
sound file, along with an explanation of what you did. The audacity *.aup would
be great, but if so I also need the folder with the same name.
If you have trouble uploading, and the files are big, use drop.io :
create a drop with a name like drop.io/jim-oct-7-2010 , and put
the URL in your submission ... or in an email to me. (I'll show this in class.)
where we are
Notes from
Sep 9 have term schedule.
midterm grades due tomorrow : S, S-, U ... I will put into today's grade page.
Two (three?) weeks on 3D, then video (several classes will be up in media lab).
Be thinking about your end of term project: which tools, what content.
3D
Overview :
- Rig (optional internal skeleton, for animation)
- Mesh (polygons create surface)
- Textures (patterns, colors, reflectivity)
- Lighting (quality, direction)
- Rendering (make it look nice with ray tracing; computationally intensive)
- Animation (keyframes of posed rig; mesh tied to rig)
There are *lots* of knobs to twiddle in any 3D program.
Google SketchUp
Simple (for 3D, anyway) user interface; primarily for buildings, which can be added to (and seen on) Google Earth. (Ruby scripting language.)
Blender
Powerful, open source modeling and animation. Idiosyncratic interface. (Python scripting language.)
Sintel (see it on
youtube ; here's its
wikipedia article) is the most recent 15 min animated short made with blender; all rigs and characters open source
Interface:
- multiple panes: you pick various views/controls/timelines/etc for each
- context sensitive: what you can do depends on where cursor is
- one hand on mouse; one on keyboard; lots of keys change "mode" you're working in
- designed for experienced user, not newcomer
Mention:
App/Docs/Tutorials:
2nd life
- http://secondlife.com
- another 3D environment
- interactive, commercial, lots of bells and whistles
- can edit/create things ... but specific to that world
- google "marlboro second life" ...
![[paper clip]](/courses/source/wiki_images/paper_clip_tilt.png)
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