CS 561

Advanced Animation and Modeling II (3 Cr.)

Prerequisite: CS 460 or CS 560

Description: This course is the continuation of CS 460/560. It introduces students to advanced animation and modeling algorithms and techniques in some special areas to increase the physical realism of dynamic objects in 3D graphical environments. The topics include group object (particles, fish, and birds) control, natural phenomena (water, snow, soil, smoke, and fire) simulation, plant (trees and grass) modeling, facial animation (expression and speech synchronization), and deformable object modeling.