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Bachelor of Design Animation Syllabus

SUBMISSION DETAILS (PRACTICAL)

B. DESIGN ANIMATION YEAR IV

Semester – VII

SUBJECT SIZE MINIMUM TOPIC & MEDIUM

ASSIGNMENT
Advance 3D Animation - 5 On Computer
Visual Effects I - 30 On Computer

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
B. DESIGN ANIMATION YEAR IV

Semester – VII
Paper Time Size External C.C.E. Total
Marks
Virtual Reality 3 Hrs. - 70 30 100
Visual Effects 3 Hrs. - 70 30 100
Digital Compositing 3 Hrs. - 70 30 100
Total 300
Practical External Internal
Marks Assignment
Advance 3D Animation 9 Hrs. - 110 90 200
Visual Effects I 9 Hrs - 110 90 200
Total 400
Grand Total 700

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B. DESIGN ANIMATION YEAR IV

Semester – VII
PAPER – I (THEORY) – VIRTUAL REALITY
• What is Virtual Reality – Stereoscopic Displays, Motion Tracking Hardware, Input Devices,
Computing Platforms
• Applications of Virtual Reality – 360º panoramas, etc.
• Virtual Reality Hardware – What is Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, Google Card Board
• Describe VR Input Devices
• How is VR used in Game Engines?
Suggested Reading
1. Learning Virtual Reality: Developing Immersive Experiences and Applications for Desktop, Web, and
Mobile 1st Edition by Tony Parisi

PAPER – II (THEORY) – VISUAL EFFECTS

• Intro to the Motion Picture/VFX Pipeline
• What are movie making & VFX?
• Principles of motion picture & VFX
• Origins of Visual Effects & VFX concepts
• Rotoscoping, Motion Tracking & 2D Matchmoving – The golden rules of roto, Types of 2D motion
tracking , comparing good & bad tracking targets & 2D motion tracking applications.
• How 3D CGI is created & its applications. 3D motion tracking & its applications.
Suggested Reading
1. Visual Effects and Compositing by John Gress

Paper – III (Theory) – Compositing

• Compositing – Compositing Applications, Layer Based Compositors, Nodal Based Compositors, Keyer
Types & Concepts
• Structure of Digital Images – The Pixel, Grayscale Images, Colour Images & Four Channel Images
• Different of Visual & Special effects, Image Resolution, Image Aspect Ratio, Pixel Aspect Ratio,
Display Aspect Ratio, Bit Depth, Floating Point, Photographic Images vs Graphics,
• Different between live action & CGI
• What is Blue screen & Green screen. & their use in VFX.
• Methods of warping & morphing
Suggested Reading
1. Compositing Visual Effects by Steven Wright

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Bachelor of Design Animation Syllabus

B. DESIGN ANIMATION YEAR IV

SEMESTER – VII
PRACTICAL
PRACTICAL 1 – ADVANCE 3D ANIMATION
COURSE OUTLINE
• Creating a complete skeleton with IK/FK switch
• Building advanced hierarchies and controls for posing
• Camera Rigging
• Advanced controls and custom attributes
• Facial rigging with expressions (Joy, anger, shock, etc.)
• Importance of Rig planning: considerations and workflows Hierarchies: grouping, parenting and pivot
points, Bones: character hierarchy
• Advance Skinning method: volume distribution and custom deformations -The arm, hand and leg
• Advance full Character (Biped & Quadruped) rigging with custom controls & attributes.
• Animate a character walk to stop
• Turn around animation
• Use of Redirect
• Use of Bake & Anim layers
• Importance of Anim Import & Export
• Animate a dialogue with multiple characters (Facial Animation)
• Animate a action scene.
• Details explanation from Layout to final animation
• Creature Animation: T-Rex, Lion, Dragon etc
• Character acting while walking (use of Anim Layer)
• Self-recorded ref of Animation (action or action)

PRACTICAL SUBMISSION
• Design a flexible and easy to pose quadruped or Biped rig (Full Body & Facial).
• Multiple character acting or action performance or quadruped walk cycle or Run cycle.
• Creature Animation- T-Rex, Lion, Dragon, etc.
• Production based training (understanding of animatics, creating layout then blocking, primary &
secondary animation)
• Advance techniques of Character & Creature animation.
Suggested Reading
1. Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator by Tony White
2. Mastering Autodesk Maya 2016: Autodesk Official Press by Todd Palamar
3. How to Cheat in Maya 2014: Tools and Techniques for Character Animation by Kenny Roy
4. Rig it Right! Maya Animation Rigging Concepts by Tina O'Hailey

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PRACTICAL 2 - VISUAL EFFECTS I

COURSE OUTLINE
DYNAMICS
• Introduction to particle Menus & its attributes
• Introduction to nparticle
• Emitters & its Attributes
• Particle - Travel on Surface
• Particle Instancer
• Making Static Cloud With Particles
• Introduction to Fluid Effect
• Assignment - Boat on an Ocean
• Introduction to Soft Bodies
• Soft Body - Rope Simulation
• Introduction to Rigid Body and Constraints
• Assignment - Rope bridge simulation
• Assignment - Particles into Glass
• Cereal Bowl Assignment
AFTER EFFECTS
• What is Broadcasting? Broadcasting Formats. General Discussion about vfx movies
• What is Compositing?
• shortcut for trimming, split layer, jump to next-previous frames, etc.
• Animation principals. How to create Parallax effects in 2D animation through transform properties.
• What is Interpolation? (Describe both Spatial and Temporal Interpolation). Create an example with
Spatial Interpolation. Example of Raw across time. Define Orient along Path.
• Example of Temporal Interpolation. (Pendulum, etc). Define Child-Parent Relationship.
• Create Curtain, Clouds, etc using different Filters.
• What is Precompositing? Assignment - Make Solar system with Precompositing.
• Various use of Precompositing. Assignment - Make Lava effect with the use of Precompositing.
• Supernova Rays Effects
• Basic one line expressions. Gear System, Clock, Pendulum
• Telephone vibration with sound. Earthquake. Disco light with Sound.
• Control Expression through Expression Controller.
• Describe Different masking tools. Animate a layer using mask path. Vegas and Stroke effects on mask
path with simple motion graphics.
• Roto Principals. Mask an image using roto principal.
• Make some Double Role with steady camera.
• Assignment - Roto on a moving character.
• Hair roto, motion blur roto.
• Assignment - Sin City Effects with use of leave color, level on red dressed lady.
• Assignment - Color Correction - Day to Night.
• Basic chroma removal filter with some simple examples. How to create hollow man effects.
• How to remove semi transparent chroma, grain footage, part-by-part chroma remove.
• 2.5D layer system with an example. Lighting parameters with an example.

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• 2D text effects. fire fx, dancing text, etc. 3D .text effects and how to use animation presets.
• Simple tracking and stabilizing. (one point and two point)
• Assignment - Four point tracking. Track extension. Camera Shake
• Assignment - Paint tools and basic wire removal. Complicate wire/rig removal using Photoshop and
after fx.
• Assignment - Create water ripple using wave world, caustic. Use of shatter
• Assignment - Fire effects. Particle for motion graphics.
PF TRACK
• UI and basic workflow of PFTrack
• Basic auto tracking and solving
• Use of mask in autotracking. How and when to use masking.
• Solve motion blur footage with autotrack using part by part solving method.
• Manual tracking and solving. Proper selection of user feature.
• Solving problem with combine of user feature and auto features.
• Calculated estimate focal length.
• Assignment – 2 point & 4 point tracking
• Solved zoom camera with steady and rotation camera.
• Solved zoom camera with free motion.
• Solved lens distorted footage.
• Solved lens distorted footage (complicated)
• Geometry based tracking.
• Assignment - Hard track and soft track
• Assignment - Object tracking (using geometry). Hard track
• Object tracking using auto feature and user features. - hard track
• Assignment - Face track - hard track
• Paper fold track using soft track.
• Face expression track - softtrack
• Assignment - Track stereo footage.
• GD on various kind of camera moves and problems and their solution
• Troubleshooting
NUKE
• Nuke Workflow
• Merge Tools with basic Compositing
• Transformation & Animation
• Assignment - Rotoscope
• Shuffle & Shuffle Copy
• Assignment - Color Management
• Compose Render Passes
• Assignment - Keying
• Assignment - Tracking
• Stabilize
• Assignment - Cleanup
• Introduction to 3D
• Render Project
• Assignment – Integration of a 3D Object in a live action video

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FUSION
• What is Compositing? What is Layer based Compositing? What is Node based Compositing? Layer
based vs. Node based
• Basic Interface. Custom Preferences. Understanding use of Bins. Show some work of movie/project in
Fusion. Discuss how important Fusion in Pipeline.
• Introduce tools. Create a basic compositing with reference to after effects/Photoshop and with their
workflow.
• Assignment - Create Curtain, clouds, etc using different creator tools.
• How to apply Transform tools in your workflow.
• How to apply keys on a property with basic example
• Displace a text on curtain.
• Understanding Timeline. Interpolation, looping using Spline.
• Define various tools for masking. Use of pre-mask and post-mask.
• Assignment - Simple character Roto.
• How to check your errors
• Motion Blur Roto.
• Roto Assignment
• Introduction to color correction tools with sin city fx example
• Day to Night (extract luma matte)
• Mountain Lava fx
• How to control channels. Control auxilary channels in open .exr format
• Use of Deep pixel tools using channel Boolean and open .exr file
• Compose 3d render passes
• Tools to remove chroma. Basic chroma remove. Garbage masking for keying
• Chroma remove in grainy footage. Part by part chroma remove
• Create macro design according your pipeline. Benefit of Macros.
• One point, two point and four point tracking
• Stabilize shot. Extend the tracking information
• Assignment - Rotoscope using tracking Technique
• Introduction to 3D tools. Render 3d space. Interaction 3d tools with 2D tools.
• Assignment - Create shadow for a chroma shot using camera and lighting.
• Assignment - Camera projection using 3d tools in fusion.
• Import max/Maya file into fusion and use them for camera projection.
• Introduction to particle tools. 2D vs. 3D particle. Basic types of Emitters. Workflow of 3d and 2d
particle system. Rain, snow effects using different forces tools.
• Stereoscope render images form Maya. Stereoscope using camera projection.
• Assignment - Water drops on glass. Fireworks. Blood on wall.
• Crowd multiplication using particle system. Ground ripple effect.
• Assignment - How paint tool work. Cloning, Stamping.
• Design Clean plate using Photoshop and fusion. Remove Pimple from a moving face.
• Completed Clean plate with moving shot. Wire remove.
• Wire or rig remove from the face or body.
• How to use text tool.
• Assignment – wire removing of live action video.
• Integration of a 3D Object in a live action video

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MOCHA
• User Interface and Mocha preferences
• Rotoscopy - Use of X-spline, B-spline. Editing control point. Keyframing, Timeline control and layer
control, Viewing matte and color space, Working with interlace footage
• Tracking - Planner tracking, Adjusting tracking spline, Use of reference track spline, Track corner
position for screen, Dealing with lens distortion footage
• Assignment - Advance roto - Deal large area, Stereo conversion, Inspecting your roto
• Assignment - Advance Tracking - Moving the camera with and without parallax, Multiple spline in a
layer, Stabilizing
PRACTICAL SUBMISSION
1. Submit all the assignments in the course outline
Suggested Reading
1. Nuke 101: Professional Compositing and Visual Effects by Ron Ganbar
2. Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects: Essential and Advanced Techniques by Chris Meyer
3. Adobe After Effects CS6 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team
4. Visual Effects and Compositing by John Gress
5. Masters of FX: Behind the Scenes with Geniuses of Visual and Special Effects by Ian Failes

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Bachelor of Design Animation Syllabus

SUBMISSION DETAILS (PRACTICAL)

B. DESIGN ANIMATION YEAR IV

Semester – VIII

SUBJECT SIZE MINIMUM TOPIC & MEDIUM

ASSIGNMENT
Visual Effects II - 1 On computer
3d Short Film Project - 1 On computer

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
B. DESIGN ANIMATION YEAR IV

Semester –VIII

Paper Time Size External C.C.E. Total

Marks
Motion Capture 3 Hrs. - 70 30 100
Game Design 3 Hrs. - 70 30 100
Game Engine 3 Hrs. - 70 30 100
Total 300
Practical External Internal
Marks Assignment
Visual Effects II 6 Hrs - 110 90 200
3d Short Film Project - - 110 90 200
Total 400
Grand Total 700

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B. DESIGN ANIMATION YEAR IV

SEMESTER – VIII
PAPER – I (THEORY) – MOTION CAPTURE
• History of motion capture – Early Attempts, rotoscoping, beginnings of digital mocap, Optical mocap
systems, Magnetic mocap systems, Mechanical mocap systems.
• Marker Sets – What are the system limitations? What kind of motion will be captured? Knowing the
Anotomy.
• Pipeline – Setting up a skeleton for a 3D character, System Calibration, Subject calibration, Capture
Sessions, Cleaning data, Editing data, Applying motions to 3D character, Rendering & post production.
• Cleaning Marker Data – Types of data, What to clean and what not to clean, labeling, data cleaning
methods, when to stop, applying marker data to skeleton.
• Mocap data & Math – How data is created, Data types & formats, Coordinates & Coordinate system,
Order of transformation, Euler angle, Gimbal lock, Quaternions.
Suggested Reading
1. MoCap for Artists: Workflow and Techniques for Motion Capture by Midori Kitagawa

PAPER – II (THEORY) – GAME DESIGN

• People involved in game design – Roles of programmer, artist, designer, producer, tester, composer,
sound designer, writer.
• Player psychology – Why do players play? – For challenge, socialize, emotional experience, dynamic
solitary experience, to explore, to fantasize, to interact. What do players expect?
• Elements of Gameplay – Unique solutions, Non Linearity, Modeling reality, teaching the player,
input/output, basic elements
• Game Design vs Level Design, Level Design Goals & Hierarchies,
• Level Design – levels in different games, level separation, level order, level flow. Who does level
design?
• Components of a level – action, exploration, puzzle solving, story telling, aesthetics.
• Level Design Process – Preliminary, Conceptual & sketched outlines, Base architecture, base
gameplay, refining gameplay, architecture, aesthetics, play testing
• Gameplay Working – The organic process, Building the game – core technology, incremental steps,
fully functional area, going through the changes, programming.
Suggested Reading
1. Game Design: Theory and Practice (2nd Edition) (Wordware Game Developer's Library) 2nd Edition
by Richard Rouse III (Author)
2. Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design by Scott Rogers

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PAPER – III (THEORY) – ANIMATION PRODUCTION &

MANAGEMENT
• Production pipeline fundamentals for film – an overview of film production
• Stages of Production – Economics of film production, Pre-Production, production & Post-Production
in the film pipeline.
• Asset creation for film.
• Basic Functionality of a Pipeline – What pipelines do, why pipelines change, Defining your goals,
defining standards, Micro pipelines, Strategies for managing data, Directory Structure, Asset Review &
Approval, Tracking Production Data.
• Systems Infrastructure – IT for film, Types of Hardware, Storage Cluster, Render Farm, Managing the
Infrastructure
• Data Management – Directory Structures for film, Designing Directory Structures for Ease of
Navigation, Planning Shared Asset Use, Incorporating Asset Templates, File Naming Conventions,
Version Controls.
• Asset Management – What is asset management? Goals of Asset Management, What is Asset
Dependency?
• Production Management – Production Management Strategies
Suggested Reading
1. Production Pipeline Fundamentals for Film and Games Paperback by Renee Dunlop

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B. DESIGN ANIMATION YEAR IV

SEMESTER –VIII
PRACTICAL
PRACTICAL 1 – VISUAL EFFECTS II
COURSE OUTLINE
• Chroma Shoot – Green
• Tracking Points
• Camera Tracking
• 4 Point Tracking
• Face Tracking
• Motion Blur
• Particles Effect
• Advanced Lighting
• Matt Painting
• Roto
• Masking
• 3D Layer
• Learning to Implement Vfx in Live Action Video
PRACTICAL SUBMISSION
1. Shoot a live action video with chroma for the submission. Edit the video with the help of Visual
Effects. Duration – 1:30 Mins. The Video Should Have a Story & Meaning Behind It.

PRACTICAL 2- 3D SHORT FILM PROJECT

COURSE OUTLINE
• Production Meeting #1 - Organization, Roles and Protocols, Contract, Requirements for Story
Treatment
• WORKSHOP: Plan, Breakdown, Schedule, The process, Budgeting time.
• Story Reel
• Pitch Preparation
• Screenwriting & Script Preparation
• Production Meeting for Character Design Critique
• Story Board to Story Reel
• Character and Story
• Screening of final Leica Reels
• Softwares : Adobe Premiere, Adobe Flash, Maya, After Effects, Nuke, Fusion, Photoshop.
• Digital Mapping methods and types of maps. UV Texture editor
• Surface attributes, materials, shaders and shader networks
• Z- Brush

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• Types of lights
• Typical lighting approaches
• Shadows
• Lighting for mood, time of day, realism
• Rendering editor
• Mental Ray renderer
• Global Illumination, Caustics HDRI
• Sun and sky settings, motion blur, atmosphere, render layers, Z depth
• AfterFX review for compositing, colour correction
• Rendering
• Mattes, transparency, file Management
PRACTICAL SUBMISSION
1. This is a group project. Students have to work in groups of 3-6 students.
2. Make a 3d animated short film using MAYA. VFX has to be used. Minimum - 30 Seconds
3. Live Action with an animated character can also be included in the short film. This is optional.

Bachelor of Design Animation Syllabus – Year IV – Semester VII & Semester VIII