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  1. Computer Graphics Presentation Professor Bill White from the Department of Computer Science will present material from the SIGGRAPH 2009 conference that he attended in New Orleans in August, including award-winning computer animations, the latest in technological advances in graphics and gaming, and tips on careers in these areas. CAOS Wednesday - November 4, 2009 - 4:00-5:30 PM Engineering Building 1027 (Free Pizza & Soda During the Presentation) The Computer Association Of SIUE

  2. Animation Introduction “Jump” German pop group Ben*Jammin learns some powerful jumping skills. No shot planning, tracking markers, blue screens, or any other preparations for the CG shots. After shooting the video, the CG shots were selected from a large amount of raw footage, and 3D models were created to match still images of the footage with camera mapping. Tools used: 3ds Max, Syntheyes, After Effects, Photoshop “Reach” Australian student film produced after work over an 8-month period. Tools used: Windows XP, Maya, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, all on one dual-core desktop computer.

  3. SIGGRAPH 2009 SIGGRAPH 2009 was the 36th annual conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques (only my 14th consecutive attendance!) What happens at SIGGRAPH? • Technical Papers • Panel Discussions • Production Sessions • Keynote Addresses • Courses • Animation Festival • Art Gallery • Emerging Technologies • Exhibition • Student Posters • Birds of a Feather • Job Fair • Movie Screenings • Game Talks • Fjorg! & GameJam!

  4. Day One: CG Jobs Panel: Getting a Job in CG for Entertainment: Visual Effects, Animation, and Games • Internship – demonstrates a passion for the field, do research on company before applying/interviewing • Demo Reel/Portfolio – show your best work; less than 3 minutes long; first 15 seconds most important • Generalist/Specialist – generalists are good, but you’re applying for a specific job; position-specific demo • Photorealism – demo reels should emphasize walking, facial expressions, trees – not dragons, spaceships • Résumé – clear/succinct/specific up-front summary, including software/OS experience • Network – companies accept on-line applications, SIGGRAPH job fair (depends on timing), user groups Panel: Keeping a Job in CG for Entertainment: Visual Effects, Animation, and Games • Indispensability – Keep your skills updated, show initiative, play well with others • Accomplishments – take credit for yours, share credit for team’s, give it for others’ • Honesty – communicate good and bad news to management, don’t overextend yourself • Positivity – do your job without griping, take a day to develop ideas instead of saying no • Reliability – standard work must be done quickly so dazzling improvements get needed time Computer Animation Festival!!!

  5. Animation Intermission #1 “Office Noise” (Danish) Tools used: Maya, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere. “Oxygen” (Ringling School of Art & Design) Tools used: HP Workstations, Maya, RenderMan, Shake, Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, Tsunami, Realflow.

  6. “PoPoLei” (French) Tools used: Maya, Flame. “Wild Dogs” (Ringling School of Art & Design) Tools used: HP Workstations, Maya, RenderMan, Shake, Photoshop, Premiere, Tsunami.

  7. Day Two: Show & Tell Emerging Technologies Keynote Address: Will Wright Exhibition Talk: Peter Sohn, Director of Pixar’s “Partly Cloudy”

  8. Animation Intermission #2 “Penguins” (British) Tools used: XSI Final Cut Pro. “Ultimate Break” (French) Tools used: 3ds Max, V-ray, Z-Brush, After Effects.

  9. “Alma” (Spanish) Tools used: 3ds Max, After Effects, Maxwell Render. “Pigeon: Impossible” (U.S.A.) Tools used: XSI, Shake, Combustion, Photoshop, After Effects.

  10. Day Three: Papers Kinesthetic Movement in Games I Reduced Physics for Animation Creating Natural Variations

  11. Day Four: More Papers Character Animation I Kinesthetic Movement in Games II Talks: Capturing and Visualizing Animation

  12. Animation Finale “Project: Alpha” (Danish) Tools used: Maya, Photoshop, After Effects, Fusion, ZBrush “Friends?” (Canadian) Tools used: Maya, Softimage, RenderMan, Nuke, After Effects, Premiere.

  13. “Insight” (Danish) Tools used: Maya, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Digital Fusion. “Window Pains” (Savannah College of Arts & Design) Tools used: HP Desktop PCs, Macintosh Power PCs, WacomCintiqs, Windows XP, Mac OSX, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, Maya, Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, DigiDesign Pro Tools.

  14. SIGGRAPH 2010 Want to attend? Apply to be a student volunteer! 18-hour volunteers have registration fees waived! 30-hour volunteers may receive complimentary housing and may apply for travel assistance! On-line applications have just begun – Deadline: 2/15/2010 http://www.siggraph.org/s2010/call_for_volunteers/student_volunteers/index

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