CMP 80c Final Project

Demonstrations Due
Monday 3/17, 2002 7:00-10:30PM in BE109
Early Projected Accepted by Prior Arrangement Only
No Late Projects Accepted
Examples of Past Final Projects

Final Project

The content of this project is very flexible. You should create an image or an animation BEYOND what you have done for the assignments. It should be done using Maya on the BE 109 workstations and demonstrated there during the finals period. You MUST demonstrate your project, so if you are using a version on Maya not available in BE 109, you have to bring in a computer to demonstrate it. This must be an individual project. If you want to use another program, you must get approval from Professor Wilhelms by Thursday, March 6, 2003. Make the request by email. If you do use another program, it must run in BE 109 or you must bring in a computer to demonstrate. You must demonstrate how the project was accomplished, not just show final images. If you wish to demonstrate your project early, it must be done by Wednesday, March 12, 2003, as I am gone from March 13 to March 15.

Demonstration and Submission Requirements

You must demonstrate how you created your project by showing the models and scene files that you used. You must also show the final images and animation (if any) The files must be submitted using the CATS submit program, as usual. Images and animations might be posted on the class art gallery website. Submitted material must be 3 megabytes in size, total. You will lose points for too much submission material. See a tutor or t.a. if you need help determining sizes. Demonstrations take the place of a final exam. Demonstrations should take approximately 3 minutes. During the Monday final period demonstrations, you will be assigned a computer and a time. Demonstrations will necessarily be brief - about 3 minutes on average. You must be logged on to your computer, and be ready to demo at the correct time (to be posted). You are all encouraged to come watch other people's demos.

Try to get this done as early as possible because there will be strong competition for machines the last few days before the project is due. Any kind of project will be worth much more than the zero points you get for having nothing done.

Demonstrating the project to the class is important.

Late projects will not be accepted.

Criteria

Professor Wilhelms will grade the final project, using criteria such as the complexity of the image; e.g., does it include interesting creative complex surfaces not just default primitives or pre-made objects, does it show the use of several surfaces, is it ray-traced, is it realistic (if meant to be) and/or artistically successful, interesting, and attractive? While you can use objects created in the assignment, you will not get many points if your project is similar to assignments.

20 points will be subtracted from the score if files are not submitted properly.

The name of the submit directory is project. This replaces the a1, a2, etc. directories used for the assignments.

Important

No late projects will be accepted. Period.
During the demonstration, clearly explain how you created the project. This includes demonstrating the object files, the scene files, and at least two rendered image files.
if you use anything in your project that you did not create yourself, but found on the Internet or elsewhere, you must explain this in your written description and during the demonstration.