Project 5 : Ball Animation<br>
<!--    Date Assigned: Monday, July 19<br>
    Date Due: Wed, July 28  in class<br>
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    Reading:  Chapters 12  (Chapter 13 is optional)
    Maya Manual as needed
<!--    Lessons 17-22 (Learning Alias), as needed-->
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 The goal of this assignment is to practice
 giving weight to an inanimate object. Working in the same groups as
 last week, you will animate three different bouncing balls.

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<h3>    What to do</h3>
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Grab the file: <a href="Balls.mb">Balls.mb</a><br>
You will use the same file for all three animations; 
    <LI> <b>Bouncing Ball</b><br>
        Create a sphere with the default shading and lighting. Create three similar SHORT animations that show the difference between the following types of balls bouncing:
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           <LI> A normal rubber ball.
           <LI> A beach ball.
           <LI> A bowling ball. 
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<h3>    What we're looking for</h3>
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      <LI> This is a warm-up to get you thinking about weight, timing,
      and squash-and-stretch. Each animation should unmistakeably
      convey the type of ball using only its motion. (Do NOT shade or
      light the ball or its environment!)
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In summary, you should handin the files listed below to <a href="https://courses.northwestern.edu/webapps/login">Blackboard</a>
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To handin a file (click thru the following menu options):<br>
<UL>  Communication > Group Pages > <B>Project 5a: Ball Anim. </B> > File Exchange > Add File

<BR><BR> Please include all files in one .zip file.  Remember, you
will be marked down if you do not follow the case and name
conventions listed here-no extra underbars or caps please!  Also
ensure that this zip contains a folder with your group name (zip
the entire folder, please). Please also ensure you only hand in what
is listed here-extra folders/files complicates creating the
critique page.
<Br><BR><i>Please double check your file names!  For the first critique in class,
I will not be able to check your files names.  If they are incorrect,
your critique page will not display correctly.</i>
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<BR> Your .README files will be displayed in .html.  If you want to
add .html tags to make these display in a nicer format, feel
free to do so.
<BR><B>Any links you include in your .README must be enclosed in anchor
tags.</B><BR><BR>


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     <UL> Please create a single zipped file called <b>GroupName.zip</b> which contains the following:<br>
<UL>      <LI> <b>GroupName_README.txt</b> text file with group members and who-did-what info, as well as anything you wish to tell me. 
             <LI> <b>GroupName_rubber_ball.ext</b> (where "ext" is the
appropriate extension, mpg prefered)<B><BR> IMPORTANT NOTE: All your
group's files should use the same extension.</B>
             <LI> <b>GroupName_beach_ball.ext</b> 
              <LI><b>GroupName_bowling_ball.ext</b>
	      <li>Any other extra files... *Please explain what they are in the README*<br>
	      This has potential for extra credit points.. ;)
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*Please use the naming conventions specified above..
 not doing so will require me to remove points from your grade *</PRE>
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