Computer Animation Arts

Anytime I try to select an edge, face or a vertex my object turns all orange-y... It means I'm unable to model properly :-( I've tried resetting everything back to defaults but it still does this. Does anyone know how to fix this problem, Please?  Thankyou,  Sammy

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For Year 3 timetables & tutorial times click here and go to 'Unit Materials' * Please note year 3 tutorials have changed to Friday's & Maya classes are now Tuesday's For Year 2 timetables click here and go to 'Unit Materials' * Please note year 2 tutorials have now changed to 'drop in' production tutorials.

Alan the majority of us can't get the spark dynamic to render, it just gives us a black screen. (We all followed the video exactly but it just doesn't work) What do we do? Never mind we found out that the lights are set to off when we downloaded the file. So every else turn the lights on in the channel box display.

"Inspired in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books, "Morris Lessmore" is a story of people who devote their lives to books and books who return the favor. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story. Using a variety of techniques (miniatures, computer animation, 2D animation), award-winning author/illustrator William Joyce and Co-director Brandon Oldenburg present a hybrid style of animation that harkens back to silent films and M-G-M Technicolor musicals. "Morris Lessmore" is old-fashioned and cutting edge at the same time." The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore http://morrislessmore.com/

Just a reminder to any year 3 students who might be planning to come in for a tutorial with me on Monday 27th Feb.  It's week 5, which is crit week for year one, so my days move around, meaning I won't be in the office on Monday.  Get your blogs up-to-date, and if you want to discuss anything in particular, use your blog to attract my attention '@ Phil'.  Spread the word and let's save you lot some wasted bus fares etc.... :)

A Unit 4 checklist of what you need to complete and submit for  Friday's Final Crit 02/03/2012 60% Component - Creative Project In response to the three story components given to you at the time of briefing, you are asked to pre-produce an original one minute animation .   Your preproduction is to be submitted in 2 parts; 1) Pre-Viz, to include: a) 2d animatic with soundtrack & transitions. b) Maya pre-viz with soundtrack & transitions. 2) An ‘Art Of’ publication, to include: a) concept art : environment design b) concept art : character design c) concept art : prop design d) Final environment designs e) Final prop designs f)   Final character designs (character sheets)   g) Final presentation storyboards h) Final script 40% Component - Research  & Development 1,500 word written assignment that analyses critically one film in terms of the relation...

"PINA is a feature-length dance film in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, featuring the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer Pina Bausch, who died in the summer of 2009. PINA is directed by Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club, Wings of Desire), who was a long-standing friend of Pina's.Wenders takes the audience on a sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: straight onto the stage with the legendary ensemble and follows the dancers out of the theatre into the city and the surrounding areas of Wuppertal - the place, which for 35 years was the home of Pina Bausch. PINA reinvigorates the way 3D film technology can be used." AUSTRALIAN RELEASE DATE: 18 August 2011 OFFICIAL SITE:  http://www.hopscotchfilms.com.au/entertainment/coming-soon-1/pina-coming-soon-dvd

While I was making my scene in maya, I imported the generic character to size things up. I tried then also to get used to moving it and how to move it and I have come across a problem. I am able to move it, legs, head and body but I cannot move its arms for some reason? Dues anyone know why this is and how to deal with it as I really want to start pre-vizing today but I want be able to unless I can move his arms. Any help, you have my thanks. Mike.S

I was using the UV Texture editor and when I moved it and pressed 6 to get the textures to show on the model the UV texture editor just disappeared and now I cant get it back. I have exit Maya and even rebooted my computer, but I cant get the UV texture editor window to pop up. How do I get it back?

Hi Alan, I have taken Andriana's advice and that hasn't worked as it still does the same And I have tried to look at the model for any errors in geomentry and seems alright as far as I can tell So can I bring you the model and see if you work out what might be wrong with it?

Found by Andrew and is quite interesting to say the least. May or may not help but here it is.

I am having trouble trying to unfold the Head UV's, I split the back edge as shown in the video but will only unfold to the amount shown in the image Can Anybody help? Thanks in advance Adam

Just saw this over on Flooby Nooby - the animation itself is like Final Destination meets Monster House meets the Garbage Pail Kids .  Created by Jeremy Macedo , a graduate from the Gobelins school, 'The Killer Waterslide' feels like the sort of idea that might have derived from random story components drawn from 3 brown envelopes.  Take a look at the great character sheets too for inspiration.

There are so many fresh and exciting developments in the CG bloggosphere this week,  I am once again struggling to stay ahead of the curve!  This, of course, is good news - great news - because it means the motor is running hot and you're all up-and-at-it and the CGAA community is a-buzz with the speculative delights and successive refinements of pre-production.  As a result, this maybe the single longest PWTM yet, so get your scroll bar at the ready - you're going to need it!  So, in no particular order... Rich V-C is developing this character who'll be taking centre-stage in his made-in-Maya illustration, progressing quickly from provisional sketches to more resolved turnarounds... ...while Sam is revisiting and revitalising H.G. Wells' much-loved sci-fi classic, The Time Machine. Elsewhere, Leo's floating land mass - the Isle of Cirrus - is seeking its captain... ... and Shahbir is getting ...