Eitan Grinspun
How do you create realistic animations? How do you predict the motion of materials? It’s key to the success of animated films to ensure (was insure) audiences believe in characters. This course will show you how to create lifelike animations focusing on the technical aspects of CGI animation and also give you a glimpse into how studios approach the art of physically–based animation. You will learn the fundamental concepts of physical simulation, including: integration of ordinary differential equations such as those needed to predict the motion of a dress in the wind. formulation of models for physical phenomena such as crumpling sheet metal and flowing water. treatment of discontinuities such as fractures and collisions. simulation of liquids and solids in both Lagrangian and Eulerian coordinates. artistic control of physically–based animations. These concepts will be put into practice in the programming assignments spanning: Discretizing and integrating Newton’s equations of motion Constrained Lagrangian Mechanics Collisions, contact, and friction: detection and response Continuum mechanics Finite elements Rigid body simulation Thin shell and cloth simulation Elastic rod and hair simulation Fluid simulation
Instructor Details
Courses : 1
Specification: Animation and CGI Motion
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| Price | Free |
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| Duration | 108 hours |
| Year | 2020 |
| Level | Expert |
| Language | English |
| Certificate | Yes |
| Quizzes | No |
Anonymous –
The course took much more time than the 8 10 hours per week advertised. Only a handful of us completed it, and the others had an experience similar to mine. It is unsuitable as a part time MOOC that can be combined with full time work. The course is technically and intellectually challenging, putting it at the right level for a postgraduate course in computer science. However, the basic problem is that scope of the work is too broad. No matter what one’s skills as a computer scientist, there is too much project work to complete in a reasonable amount of time.
On the plus side, Professor Grinspun explains clearly and in an interesting way the concepts and methods that he is teaching. It combines a solid theoretical approach with thoroughly practical computational methods and one can imagine being able to put the whole thing to use in a practical production setting.
Anonymous –
I took this class as part of the Artificial Intelligence MicroMaster’s program of edX. Why this class is part of an Artificial Intelligence curriculum is beyond me.
In a standard classroom setting I can see where this class is reasonable. When conducted within edX’s online course system, however, the class becomes an enormous struggle. The code you must work with to complete your assignments is poorly documented and doesn’t follow good coding practices. Feedback from TAs or anyone “in the know” is dodgy at best. You get one chance to submit your assignment yet have ambiguous information regarding how well your assignment will score prior to submission. Also, a submission must be done in multiple parts that has to be done in a particular order to get full credit. All in all, I feel as if the class was simply dumped into the edX online system with little regard to how well it translates from a classroom setting.
In my experience you’ll need at least 20 hours a week if you’re proficient with C++ programming, differential equations, and introductory college level physics. That number could double if you’re rusty in any of these areas. Be wary if you take this class as part of the AI MicroMasters program as it could easily block you from getting the certificate after completing all the other coursework from the program. Take this course first, audit it, and if you can complete this course the other courses should be less time intensive and more related to artificial intelligence.
Anonymous –
This course is awesome I always wanted to learn things like this and now i got the chance to do it thanks to Columbia University via edX.
Jay Chapaneri –
It is really very wonderful work in this situation that work is done to gives these are courses as it is so helpful to exploring the inner talent and work effectively