WEEK 1 |
Introduction to Substance |
Aug 26 |
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- Watch and work through: Intro to Substance Designer video series, videos 1-11
- Create (4) polished sketches of an object, character, or setting that you wish to texture. The 4 sketches should depict the the top, front, back, and side of your subject matter. Use this assignment to conceptualize your project's look and its elements. You can create the sketches via hand drawing, or though digital montage (such as with photoshop), or digital drawing (such as with Procreate/ Rebelle). Again, you may use any method you'd like to create these images: photoshop, hand drawing, illustrator, blender. Make them as detailed as possible. Four (4) 2D illustrations / orthogonal view are on Wednesday, Jan 17. Scan or photograph the images if they are hand drawn. The images should be saved in JPG, TIF, png or exr format. Pls be sure they are at least 2560 x 1080 pixels wide/ high @ 72dpi (2K texture). A 4K resolution is even better, if your cpu can swing it: 4K resolution is 4,096 x 2,160 pixels
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WEEK 2 |
PBR Textures and Substance |
Sep 2 |
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- Create an idea board in Pinterest or some other online image aggregator. Even just a google folder is fine.
- Collect at least 3-6 images that together give a good sense of a texture you’d like to create. (This should be in direct relation to the objects you sketched for today.)
- Show what the texture might look like close up vs what it looks like far away. Show what the fine, medium, and large details are. How does the light reflect off of it? Does it look different in the dark than it does in light? Does it glow?
- Share the link to your idea board(s) with me via email pls
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Sep 4 |
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- Add four descriptions to your idea board (@200 - 300 words ea) that give us a detailed understanding of how you hope to visualize the following elements:
- descriptions of two textures or surfaces that your camera will likely spend the most time on. pile in as may adjectives for this as possible. add additional image references if you feel they would help illustrate
- describe the background of your scene (this can be relatively short, if it's minimal).
- describe the light and atmosphere in the scene. daylight, interior, warm, cold, hazy, crisp, dusty, minimal, maximal, glowing surfaces, sears portait lighting, etc.
- Examples of Verbal Storyboarding, for inspiration (re the four descriptions)
- Email Instructor before class with your decsion on which aspect of the classes' modeling + animation pipline you will research
- Skim: Shape Creation and Fundamentals in SD (For beginners/intermediate)
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WEEK 3 |
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Sep 11 |
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- Due Tuesday:
- 3D Production Process Research Assignment
- Create a Substance file (texture network) and apply it (within Substance) to a mesh that you model in Maya. Your Substance texture should align with the texture goals you outlined in your idea board. (Remember to export your mesh from Maya in either .obj or .fbx format in order to import it into Substance.)
- Look for an email from your Instructor with texture tutorial recommendations. These resources are intended to support you in creating the Substance Designer network.
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WEEK 4 |
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Sep 18 |
- Open Week 4 Notes and Links: Week 4 Notes
- View the tthree tutorial videos sent via email: Software Installation (Substance Pllugin and Arnold Extension for Maya), How to Publish Sbsars, How to Import Sbsars into maya.
- Arnold Installation for Maya - Download Extension
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WEEK 5 |
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- Begin Throwing down a space Assignment
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- Work in Class Time
- Paint Effects
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- Install Substance Painter
- Upload 4 high res, portfolio-ready renders of your here Substance texture applied to a model you've made in Maya (or Blender)
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WEEK 6 |
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- Install Substance Painter
- Upload 4 high res, portfolio-ready renders of your here Substance texture applied to a model you've made in Maya (or Blender)
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- Deformation Demo File
- Basic Hypershade
- Paint Effects
- Basic Lighting
- Introduction to Rendering Engines in Maya: Software, Arnold, Vertex
- Retopology Tools (Maya) - Automatically Retopologize
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- Hand in your Model, uv wrapped and textured in maya. Save as a maya .mb file and upload your project (including textures and substance material files) to the homework folder
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WEEK 7 |
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- Continue to build out your models/ scenes.
- Catch up on handing in assignments
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- Finish UV Mapping a model of your making and upload your project folder (including source images) to the homework
folder.
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WEEK 8 |
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- Work in Class / Review of UV Mapping
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WEEK 9 |
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- Complete 2 short animations of 60 Frames each
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- Exporting renders from IRAY
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- Finish your two short animations of at least 60 frames long each. Hand in two .hipnc (houdini) files.
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WEEK 10 |
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- Continue to build out your scene
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- Substance Painter Completion - This is the end of the substance module of this class
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WEEK 11 |
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- Renderfarm Guide / Walk through
- Organizing final project
BEGIN: Editing/ Compositing / Post-Production/ Selecting Audio (optional)
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- RENDERING!
- Select AUDIO (optional)
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WEEK 12 |
Work Period |
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- Submit work to renderfarm - RENDER DAYS
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- Submit work to renderfarm - RENDER DAYS
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WEEK 13 |
Final Editing |
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- FINISH Editing/ Splicing/ Post-Production/ Adding Audio
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- First Draft of Final DUE NEXT CLASS
- Upload: 5 finished stills and 30 second Playblast
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- First Draft of Final is DUE - GROUP CRIT
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- Revisions and re-Renders
- EDITING / Compositing
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WEEK 14 |
Final Render/ Compositing |
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- FINAL TOUCHES: Editing/ Compositing / Post-Production/ Audio and Titles (optional)
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- LAST EDITING/ Compositing!
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Nov 27 |
- LAST EDITING/ Compositing!
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WEEK 15 |
Final Crits |
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- FINAL TOUCHES: Editing/ Compositing / Post-Production/ Audio and Titles (optional)
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- LAST EDITING/ Compositing!
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Dec 5 |
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WEEK 16 |
in case of emergency... |
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