https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/shelf/pyro_wispysmoke.html
Feedback:
1.The weight of the smoke seems too heavy,we need a light one
2.the animation of the robot stil can not be matched in animation in maya
The first vision:
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Month: May 2023
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Week3&4
The two weeks were spent defining the form of the project and how it would be produced.
The plan is to use zbrush to sculpt the figure’s pose and then model it in blender and paint the mapping in PS
The main idea is to express the relationship between children and their mothers
The main subject is an abstract sculpture of a mother
She is shedding a single tear
Each tear contains a scene, which I wanted to use to allude to the four stages of the relationship with the mother
Stage 1 / first tear: our mother’s hands are carefully caring for us, we have a close relationship with her
Stage 2 / Second Tears: we grow up and as adolescents we begin to have more misunderstandings and disconnects with our mothers
Stage 3/Third tear: We become independent adults and leave home to live in the middle of nowhere, but from time to time we miss our mothers in faraway places.
Stage 4 / Fourth Tears: We reach the age when our mother is no longer in the world and her life ends, but she becomes a tree, a cloud, and with one breath she becomes everything in the world, leaving us with nothing but a sigh of relief.
About engraving, as I have not studied art systematically
So this step will be difficult for me
I tried to find a lot of pose reference drawings to try to create as accurate a pose as possible
Regarding the narrative of the content in the tears, I also found some references to make a good narrative
Due to the matchmove camera is based on 3DE and Maya, so the first step is to export the camera that we got and import into houdini.
In Maya
1. Export camera as the Alembic file
Select Cache > Alembic Cache > Export All to Alembic >select the “World Space” >Export
The most important thing:
Make sure to add the “World Space” to the abc camera
2. Export the animation
- Select all the objects in group
- From the main menu bar, select Key > Bake Animation >
- Click Bake
In the Bake Simulation Options window, select the bake options you want to use. For example:
- Use the Bake To options to specify whether you want the animation baked to the BaseAnimation, or to a new layer.
- Set Baked layers to Remove Attributes if you want the selected object’s attributes removed from any associated layers after their animation is baked.Attention: When Baked layers is set to Remove Attributes, the selected object’s keys will be removed from any associated layer that is not muted. If your workflow is to use layers like takes, mute all layers with keys that you want to preserve before baking layers.
- Turn Smart Bake on if you do not need your result animation to have one key per frame
After baking, Export the same way as the camera(world space should also be applyed)
In Houdini
1. File ▸ Import ▸ Alembic Scene in the main menus to quickly set up an Alembic Archive object
2. Make sure the resolution is the same as the maya camera
add the camera background as the reference
3.Add a null to control the camera and the object
When the characteristics of quantitative or qualitative research are discussed, the four essential elements of the research process must be addressed.
They are epistemology, theoretical perspectives, methodology, and methods (Crotty, 1998). Denzin and Lincoln (1998) suggested that four basic issues structure the design of a research study:
(a) Which paradigm or worldview will inform the study design?
(b) Who or what will be studied?
(c) Which research strategies will be used? and
(d) Which research methods or tools will be used to collect and analyse data?
Methodology context within proposal and thesis structure
How do I choose a research methodology?
Research aims and objectives will form the basis for decisions on your approach to the methodology.
The first question you need to ask yourself is whether your research is exploratory or confirmatory in nature.
What is a methodology in a research paper?
The methodology section of your research paper allows readers to evaluate the overall validity and reliability of your study and gives important insight into two key elements of your research: your data collection and analysis processes and your rationale for conducting your research.
•When writing a methodology for a research paper, it’s important to keep the discussion clear and succinct and write in the past tense.
What to include in a methodology
•The first part of a methodology section usually describes the type of research you perform and how you develop your research methods.
•This section also discusses the question or problem you investigate through your research and the type of data you need to perform evaluations and research assessments.
•Additionally, the methodology often includes the criteria your experimental studies need to meet to produce valid and reliable evidence. The information you cover in this part of your methodology allows readers to gain insight into how you measure validity and reliability during your studies.
Differences between the methodology and methods
While the methodology is the entire section of your research paper that describes your processes, the methods refer to the actual steps you take throughout your research to collect and analyse data.
The methodology usually appears at the beginning of your paper and looks like a summary or essay in paragraph form detailing your research validity, process and rationale. The format you use to describe your research and analysis methods can take various forms, depending on the type of research, type of data and type of assessments you use.
For instance, when describing the methods you use to perform quantitative and statistical analyses, the format you use may focus on a graph or chart to display your data. Additionally, the methods you describe within each part of your methodology can include tables or lists to demonstrate your research process and outcomes.
A qualitative approach is likely to take an explanatory written form detailing your research validity, sources process and rationale.
The purpose and format ultimately influence the content that you include in both your methodology and your research method details. However, the content within your entire methodology focuses on delivering a concise summary of your research, approaches and outcomes. Therefore, the content of your methodology includes all aspects of performing your studies.
The content in your research paper that details your collection and analysis methods differs because it’s often necessary to explain your scientific approaches and research processes with lists and visual aids (like charts or graphs) to support the information.
Literature review Tips on Structure
Usually, a literature review can be described as an objective, concise, and critical summary of published research literature pertinent to the subject being researched in an article. A literature can be an end in itself (an analysis of what is known about a topic) or a prologue to and rationale for engaging in primary research.)
The following are guidelines on how to write a literature review:
Organize the literature review around key topics of concepts. Use headings or topic sentences to convey your organizational principle.
Tell a story about the research. This will assist you with your organization.
Be selective. Incorporate only studies that are pertinent to your subject.
Synthesize and evaluate.
Use a summary to assist the reader to relate every section to the wider topic and to clarify your argument’s movement. Where have we just been and where are we heading to?
EXAMPLE OF A LITERATURE REVIEW CONCLUSION
“The objective of this review was to view the trends in composition studies within the past fifty years and see how commentary on student writing has transformed and is still transforming. It’s clear from the research reviewed that evaluative commentary is widely practiced all through composition programs in universities today. Together with this, it’s also evident that the field of composition studies in regards to the kinds of commentary that students get on their writing is varied and continues to be examined and analyzed to benefit both composition students and the society at large. Moreover, corrective vs. evaluative commentary is still being discussed, and continues to be problematic in the discourse community of college composition and also high school writing as viewed in Bardine et al.’s research.” Assisting students to become better writers is important in our current society with reducing school budgets.”
How to Create a Literature Review
Youtube Videos
Reading Papers Quickly and Efficiently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D198mpdhoPg
How to Create a Literature Review | Part 1 – Identifying Themes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LusyMJjbQ4
How to Create a Literature Review | Part 2 – Creating a Structure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEaFpxCTDIo
How to Create a Literature Review | Part 3 – Content Writing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PTroQMmkE8
After trying a variety of methods (replicating keyframes and replacing them with small balls, using parent-child animation for the emission source, etc.) to no avail, I followed the advice to use the more stable maya fluid to create smoke
1.Create a fluid container
In this project, I wanted to have part of the robot as the launch source, so I used the box below it as the container
choose the auto-size,cause I do not want my sim is be trapped in the container box
2.Select the container, and click the fluidShape tab in the Attribute Editor
3.Create fluids cache files
After all the adjustments of the sim,then try to create the cache
- Select the fluid container.
- Select nCache > Create New Cache > Maya Fluid > .
- In the Create Fluid nCache Options, set creation options, if necessary, and then click the Create button.
- Maya creates a fluids playback nCache file for the selected fluid container.
4. Render
The final result:
The problem is when I try to render the smoke(fluids in maya) in Arnold . No matter how I adjust my parameters, the box border is always there.
Set the main sim object as the “Aero”.
If we need the collider—select the collider objet
Add more noises,such as motion field
Problems:
The sim test can’t be apply to the animated object at the right position. I have asked the tutors for hrlp,but no one can figure it out.
Then I try to use another way to make thie sim
1.The research should demonstrate the following:
•Enquiry
Engagement in practice informed by comprehensive analysis and evaluation of diverse complex practices, concepts and theories
•Knowledge
Critical analysis and synthesis of a range of practical, conceptual and technical knowledge(s)
•Process
Experiment and critically evaluate methods, results and their implications in a range of complex and emergent situations
•Communication
Articulation of criticality, clarity and depth. Communicating a diverse range of intentions, contexts, sources and arguments appropriate to your audiences
•Realisation
Advancing the personal, professional and academic standards of production
2.Identify the audience and purpose for your report (Satisfy and evidence learning outcomes on the assignment brief)
Animated Movies” would be academic researchers, scholars, and professionals in the fields of film studies, animation, visual arts, and color theory. It may also be of interest to filmmakers, animators, and individuals involved in the production and analysis of animated movies.
Purpose: The purpose of this research proposal is to present a comprehensive plan for conducting a study on the use of color in animated movies. The proposal aims to persuade the intended audience of the significance and relevance of analyzing color in animated films, highlighting the potential contributions this research can make to the understanding of visual storytelling, emotional engagement, and the creative process in animation. It outlines the research questions, methodology, and expected outcomes, providing a clear roadmap for conducting the study and contributing to the existing body of knowledge in the field.
3.The proposal should include:
The research methodology you plan to use. How will you approach the study and reach supported findings.
The tools and procedures you will use to collect, analyze, and interpret the data you collect.
An explanation of how your research fits the budget and other constraints that come with conducting it through your institution, department, or academic program.
Thesis Proposal Structure：
Introduction
Background significance
Literature review
Research design, methods, and schedule
Suppositions and implications
Conclusion
Bibliography
Key Academic Resources
•Google Scholar
•Animationstudies 2.0
https://blog.animationstudies.org/
•JSTOR
•EBSCO
•Animationstudies 2.0
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Developing a Research Topic
Activity：
1. A short explanation of what you’re researching? how you’re researching it?
In this exploration, I have decided to focus on color analysis in animated films, understanding the personality and atmosphere rendering corresponding to different colors, and their impact on character shaping and story development
As for research, I reviewed some animation films that I think are more appropriate, such as “Coco” (2017), “The Secret of Kells” (2009), “Song of the Sea” (2014); In addition, I also use Google Academic and other resource websites to read relevant academic materials by searching for keywords
1-1.why it is important to research this subject/ the relevance to your project proposal.?
First of all, it is because I find the subject very interesting and I am glad to spend time and effort to explore it seriously. And secondly, exploring how different color elements are represented in relation to film and animation will benefit me in my own animation film later on.
2. Provide keywords/ key phrases used in your searches.
Character，Narrative，Vibrant
Bold，Pastel，Muted
Warm，Cool
Contrasting，Gradient，Saturation
Tonal variations
Light and shadow
Atmospheric
Dreamlike，Ethereal
3. Provide at least four sources, debates or texts in the subject area and a short explanation of the relevance to your project proposal.
“The Role of Color in Animation: An Analysis of Visual Development” by Christina Hsu – This scholarly paper concentrates on the role of color in analysis in animation and its impact on vertical storytelling. It addresses the use of color as a narrative tool, an emotional enhancer, and a world-building element. The analysis offered can help in understanding the intentional use of color in animated films and its impact on the viewer.
“The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Principles of Color” by Johannes Iten – This classic text explores the principals and theories of color in art as well as design. Iten’s work delves into color relationships, harmonies, contrasts and their effect on visual perception. It can provide valuable insulation on the use of color in animated films and help analyze the total color makeup in films.
“Visual Storytelling: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, Television, and Digital Media” by Bruce Block – Although this book does not focus exclusively on color, it offers insights into visual storytelling techniques. It covers concepts such as palette selection, color contrast and color symbolism that are applicable to analyzing the use of color in animated films.
“Color in Film” by Randall D. Larson – This text focuses specifically on the use of color in film, including animated films. It discusses the historical development of color in film and analyzes the significance of color choices in visual storytelling.
The final tracking test:
Tutorial:
https://www.3dequalizer.com/?site=tutorials
the full process including importing in Maya
Important steps:
1.Import footage & Add trackers
remember to end the point while it is done.
2.Calculating
Calculation—use the result
To delete the wrong point until the average result is under 0.5
3. Distortion & Parameter Adjustment
Attribute Editor—- Lens—adjust
After all the steps, calculate again and ingore the wrong point
4. set planes and orginal
ALT+ SHIFT +select the points
and set orginal point
then set the same point
add a cube
select a point and the cube(alt+shift),then snap to point and align to global space
5. Import into nuke
The details of footages:
Introduction
For this personal project I chose to make a sculpture. The content is an abstract image of a mother in tears, tears falling drop by drop, through each tear, you can find that they contain different scenes, these scenes are all daily scenes (cradle, holding hands and playing together, quarrels during the rebellious period, children leaving home when they grow up)
background：
Although my main direction is still special effects (simulation) as well as compositing. But for this personal project I really want to do sculpting, modeling and material work. This theme has been in my mind for a long time. I feel that technology should be used for creative and artistic expression, and I would like to take advantage of the free time I have at school to create what I want to express, as opposed to working.
Inspiration and Reference
What I want to express is the bond with mother and some remorse and relief of the way they get along with their family, whether mother or themselves is the first time to assume this role, we may not know how to express love, and clumsy in getting along to learn and hurt each other. Only after growing up did I realize how difficult it is to be a mother, and now I have finally convinced my once stubborn and impulsive self to express love properly, as well as to face up to the love of others for me!