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NOVA 2012-2013 College Catalog

 

ART - Arts

ART 278

3D COMPUTER DESIGN I

(4.00 CR.)

Prerequisite: ART 283 for part I or instructor's permission; part I for part II. Part I of II. Introduces fundamental concepts in 3D model building and animation: spline extrusion and motion, point editing, texture and mapping, ray tracing, rotoscoping, physical simulations, forward and inverse kinematics. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 4 hours. Total 6 hours per week.