Topics are keyed to the 4 structured projects.

1. Use of the 3 orthographic views and the perspective view. Non Uniform Rational B-Spline (NURBS) primitives, use of edit points and control vertices (CV's) to change shapes. Animation through the use of key frames and interpolation between key frames. Adding textures and lighting and rendering a scene.
2. Creating surfaces, duplicating surfaces and attaching surfaces together. Creating, using and revolving NURBS curves to obtain surfaces. Sculpting through manipulation of CV's. Creating joints and using texture maps. Use of deformations and inverse kinematics in animation.
3. Modeling with both NURBS and polygonal geometry. Shaping and smoothing to create a more organic look. Planar mapping of textures and use of specularity and reflectivity in surface textures. Use of directional and ambient lighting. Using a rendered image as an animated backdrop. Techniques of visual effects.
4. Building a character out of primitive shapes and skeleton joints. Use of IK chains to control motion. Binding surfaces and lattices into skeleton joints. Editing membership of a cluster set. Skinning of skeletons. Use of flexors to set tuck and bulge resulting from joint motion. Animation of a walk cycle. Advanced rendering, selection of appropriate surface tessellation of scene objects, treatment of reflections and refractions, lights and shadows, and use of motion blur. Rendering techniques and quality issues.