pedro@cui.UUCP (LOPEZ) (04/19/88)
Tutorial on Computer Animation
June 21-24, 1988
Lisbon, PORTUGAL
by
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Daniel Thalmann
Tutorial organized by
ACARTE, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
INESC, Institute for Computer and Systems Engineering
The tutorial will present both theorical and practical aspects of
computer animation. Three major computer animation techniques
will be explained:
keyframe animation
parametric keyframe animation
algorithmic animation
The computer generated film "Rendez-vous a Montreal" will be
presented. The direction of the sinthectic actors Marilyn Monroe
and Humphrey Bogart will be emphasized:
- artistic point of view:
recreation of famous persons and reconstitution of their per-
sonalities, as well as the corresponding animation;
- technical point of view:
personalized expressions, abstract muscle action (AMA) pro-
cedures, expression keyframe interpolation, multitrack mixing and
synchronization, automatic body mapping using jointdependent lo-
cal deformation (JLD) operators and semiautomatic object grasp-
ing.
The tutorial includes both theorical and practical sessions.
Registration fees: 40000$00 ESC.
Registration time: before May 10, 1988.
For more informations contact:
Pedro F. Lopes
Centre Universitaire d'Informatique
Universite de Geneve
pedro@sun.cui.unige.ch
mcvax!cernvax!cui!pedro
Mario Rui Gomes
INESC
R. Alves Redol, 9
1000 LISBOA PORTUGAL
FAX: 525843
mcvax!inesc!mrg
mrg@inesc.riup