Research on Mathematical Animation Using Pascal Animation as an Example

Biped Animation Using Mathematical Expressions in Maya

This paper introduces the basics in animation of biped characters using mathematical expressions. It explains the topology of biped character skeleton with advanced legs, characteristic of the movement, basics of driving the parts of the skeleton using cyclic mathematical expressions and finally presents skeleton script user interface. It is a extract of master thesis focused on animation of bi...

Shape and Animation by Example

Algorithm Animation: Using algorithm code to drive an animation

Computer algorithms commonly involve creation, reorganization or destruction of relations between objects. This means that they are generally excellent candidates for visualization for teaching purposes. For a student to comprehend all the ramifications of certain operations, several different concurrent displays are often required: as well as a visualization of the objects being manipulated by...

Coordinated Motion Planning for 3d Animation – Using Chinese Lion Dance as an Example

Creating complex animations of human characters with simple high-level commands has been a design goal of animation software for a long time. Procedural animation is an effective approach in this direction aiming to creating animation with algorithmic description of how a motion is generated. Nevertheless, creating coordinated motion between animated characters has always been a great challenge...

Animation Sketching: An Approach to Accessible Animation

Rough diagrams are useful in communication and planning, but static diagrams can be insufficient to express motion. While for many applications animation is effective in depicting movement and temporal relationships, it is difficult and often tedious to create. We explore the use of motion-recording techniques to simplify the animation process. Event timing is controlled by providing additional...