Deborah R. Fowler
Resources for VSFX 728
Particles and Procedural Effects
Lecture
Overview Course Structure
Due Dates (link to google calendar) Deadlines
Assignments are available online
only.
Please review the syllabus regularly during the quarter.
Please review the syllabus regularly during the quarter.
Assignments Graded Work
| Weight % | Requirements | Out | Image | Reviews / Dailies | Deadlines (by class #) |
Grading Rubric | Breakdown Template |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Ex 1 | out 1 | due 4 (Vex/Vops) | GR1 | |||
| 20 | Ex 2 | out 3 | due 6 (Particles) | GR2 | |||
| 10 | Ex 3 | out 6 | due 8 (RBD - Light/Heavy) | GR3 | |||
| 20 | Ex 4 | out 8 | continuous | due 10 and 12 (Destruction/Pyro) | GR4 | ||
| 10 | Project Blog | out 10 | continuous | due 15 to start final 20 | |||
| 25 | Project | out 1 | prop 15 | due 19 and 20 | PGR | ||
| 10 | Professionalism including Hi-Res Stills | Breakdown |
In keeping with creating a studio environment you will be expected to adhere to deadlines and show your work in progress in a "dailies" fashion.
Class Notes
Classes 1–20: please refer to the syllabus located on Blackboard.
Reading & Resource List Required Reading
Text: The VES Handbook of Visual Effects, Third Edition, edited by Jeffrey A. Okun & Susan Zwerman, Focal Press, ISBN-13 978-1138542204
The documentation provided with the Houdini software is extensive and online. Specifically we will be using Houdini 21.0.440 and the links below will be very helpful.
VEX / VOPs
- deborahrfowler.com — VEX, VOPs & Python
- deborahrfowler.com — Wrangle Node Examples
- Len White — two excellent wrangle node videos:
- Escher in Houdini: Spirals (if you run into trouble, a hip file based on the tutorial is available)
- Escher in Houdini: Sphere Spirals (focus on the profile curves; a hip file is available if needed)
- Anastasia Opera — For the Love of Sin (fun VEX exercise)
- Entagma — Creating a Procedural Snowflake with VEX
- VOP version of Phyllotaxis — useful reference for seashells
Particle Dynamics
Rigid Body Dynamics
Fluids
Pyro
Submission
Guidelines & Rules Required
Reading