Computer Animation
This course mainly talks about basic concept, basic principle and key knowledge in computer animation. Its main content cover definition of animation, production process of traditional animation, common expression techniques in traditional animation, 2-D animation transformation techniques, model-building for common animation actions and 3D transformation techniques, 3-D lighting model and texture drawing, granule system stylistic drawing and animation, withdrawal and reuse of animation texture.
Programming of Computer Games
This course aims at developing student’s comprehensive programming skills. It enables students to master principles of software engineering for game development, as well as knowledge of computer graphics, artificial intelligence, human-machine interaction, network and other basic knowledge and techniques in games. Students will acquire basic skills for game development through project learning.
Computer Graphics
Computer graphics is the foundation of computer game, animated special effects, computer aided design (CAD), Geological Information System (GIS) and other applications. The course will cover object expression of 2-D graphics, algorithms and application, technologies of 3-D graphics, modeling and transformation, light models, color models and animation techniques. This course will consist of materials learning and hands-on practice.
Graphic Information Processing
This course is based on basic knowledge of graphics, with the focus on graphics synthesis and editing. It will introduce the current development and key technologies of digital graphics processing. Students are expected to master overall features of images (color, texture and graphics), local features (SIFT and visual wording), features similarity calculation, graphic signal processing (convolution, filtering and encoding), feature dimension reduction, image mixture and transformation, images artistic drawing.
Computer Vision
Computer vision is to use computers to identify 3-D world in reality by use of graphics and graphic sequence. Its ultimate goal is to equip computers with vision. This course mainly specifies basic concept and algorithms of computer vision, explain the basic problems and relevant solutions in computer vision, and to address several classical applications of these technologies with case study.
Digital Visual & Audio Processing
This course is to introduce analysis and processing techniques of digital visual & audio signals, with focus on video, speech and music. It consists of three major parts. The first one is video processing, including content and applications of video processing, video compression and decoding techniques, principles and applications of video structuring and non-linear editing. The second one is speech processing, including principles and modeling of speech, basic concepts and methods of phonetic time, frequency, cepstrum signal analysis, and applications of speech identification and synthesis. The third one is music processing. This topic will cover basic concept of music processing, and its related heated research areas and market trends. Students will opt for one topic out of three topics to complete a project, including music production, music analysis and music retrieval.
Virtual Reality and Digital Entertainment
This course mainly introduces basic concepts and systematic framework of virtual reality, and its related software technologies and applications. It will also introduce the current development and key technologies of digital entertainment. Main topics include definition, features and constitution of virtual reality, establishment and management of virtual world, visual computation in virtual reality, interactive techniques in virtual reality, force and touch computing in virtual reality, sound computing in virtual reality, enhanced reality, distributed virtual reality, applications of virtual reality, and digital entertainment technologies related to virtual reality.
Scene Design and Performance
This is a mandatory course that introduces design and production of 3D animation scene. It is a required for students majored in 3D animation. Its theories and techniques form the groundwork for research and creation of 3D animation. This course is aimed at helping students learn about knowledge of 3D animation, comprehend principles of scene design of 3D animation, understand the process of producing 3D animation scene and master the related methods and techniques.
Role Image Design
This course is about categorizing and interpreting role images in films. It will carry out in-depth discussion of profile, color, clothing, facial expression, action and language to explore image expression and creation. Students will improve their insights into script intention and the ability to translate abstract language into role image. Students can also learn about how to use computers to create role image.
Digital Photography
This course includes basic theories and techniques of digital photography and artistic expression of photographs. It is a crucial course for students majored in digital media that covers image shooting (DV and DC) and digitalized processing. This course will enable students to grasp comprehensive properties of digital shooting facilities, learn about how to shoot high-quality images with audio effects in different scenes, and learn about stunt shooting. It will elevate student’s senses about camera, improve their lighting and modeling skills and equip them with a stronger ability of digital works aesthetics.
Digital Asset Management
The main topic of this course is storage, protection, retrieval and usage of digital media resources. The focus of this course is digital media format and transformation, multimedia database, digital copyright protection, multimedia network communication, digital media resource retrieval, and common management software. It will also specify applications of modern large-scaled digital resource management technologies in production of animation games and digital libraries.
