This year in Digital Design and Animation II was an awesome but tiresome year. I learned new and useful material, improved upon my 3DS Max and Photoshop skills, and even made some new friends. My main takeaways from this course are probably learning advanced modeling techniques, working with the material editor, lightning, and working with cameras. Since I got behind towards the end of the year, I didn't get much more experience with rigging, which I think is a really important and useful skill in the entertainment industry. I really enjoyed learning how to make my scenes more realistic by adding detailed materials to objects and adding special effects to affect and compliment my work.
The most rewarding experience I had in this class were getting animations to work, even if I was following a tutorial. I remember spending a whole week struggling to get the cloth modifier to work on two flags and a tablecloth. The flags with get dragged down by the gravity too much, get blown off the pole by the wind, or both. The tablecloth also had trouble staying connected to the table, sometimes blowing away or falling through the table. In addition, sometimes the cloth would freeze halfway through rendering, and I think it crashed 3DS max once or twice. I followed the tutorial the best i could, but I must have done something wrong somewhere. After getting help from the teacher and my classmates, the scene worked better, but not exactly the way it was supposed to. I also felt proud getting my bouncing ball animation to work, as I had no assistance from the teacher getting it to work. it went really well setting up the scene, but I had trouble with the curve editor, and the ball's path would shrink whenever I added a new keyframe. The ball would also squash and stretch in the wrong direction. From a distance, the animation looked fine, but up close there were some issues. The skills I learned in this class that I may use in the future are presenting myself in a professional manner and working with cameras. I have actually put some of these skills in use already. When I applied for a job at Chick-fil-A, I looked over what we had learned in presenting ourselves in a professional manner. I remember modifying the resume I made in this class, by adding my actual information, and updating my skills, experience, and achievements,. and I emailed it to the interviewer. I also believe I sent a cover letter as well. A few days later, I learned I got the job. In the future, I am thinking about going into the film industry. What I have learned about camera movements and angles could help me and my company produce better films. Camera shots are very important as they can set up a scene and mood of that scene. - I took pride in getting animations to work. -3D modeling takes caution and patience -I used a skill from this class to get a job. -I might go into film as a career.
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