This module is designed to give students a fundamental understanding of the principles and practice of techniques used in CGI creation and will include:

- Producing good photographic reference images, for use as templates or textures
- Analysis of photographic reference images for modelling using deconstructive techniques
- Real world lighting solutions for 3D environments, 3D Modelling, hard surface and organic involving polygonal and NURBS techniques, from photographic references
- Shader differences and attributes
- Shader Networks
- Use of ambient occlusion and normal maps
- Use of render passes
- Production render qualities
- Camera attributes and effects
- Simple composite of final 3D model with photographic reference

100% coursework demonstrating Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Coursework will be a practical piece and an associated reflective report (approximately 1500 words) on the produced piece of work.

The module will be delivered using a combination of lectures, demonstrations and supervised tutorials in 3 hour periods. The majority of the work will be of a practical nature and students are expected to use their independent study time to consolidate this work.
1:30(3)

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Maya: professional tips and techniques, Lee Lanier, Indianapolis : Wiley, 2007, ISBN: 0470107405.
Creating striking graphics with Maya and Photoshop, Daniel Gray, San Francisco, Calif. ; London : SYBEX, 2004, ISBN: 0782142745.
Advanced Maya texturing and lighting, Lee Lanier, Indianapolis : Wiley, 2006, ISBN: 047179404X.
Digital Lighting and Rendering, J Birn, New Riders, 2006, ISBN-10: 0321316312
The Art and Science of Digital Compositing: Techniques for Visual Effects, R Brinkman, Morgan Kaufmann, 2008, ISBN-10: 0123706386

Resources Software / Hardware
Data projector
Maya and 3DS Max