Chapter 008: 3D is the future
The next day's class was a bit interesting, because the animation drama was about how to design the animation script. Animation scripts are more rigorous than movie scripts, because during the filming of the movie, the actors can also change some actions and dialogues according to their own understanding.
But animation can't work.,Animation shooting must be carried out according to the script.,If you want to change a little.,You need to get a lot of things.。 Therefore, the animation script is more important than the movie script, and there can be no slightest mistake, otherwise there will be huge flaws in the entire animation.
Animation scripts are all storyboard scripts, and this kind of script is rarely used in movies, because some directors can't draw storyboard scripts at all, or even draw storyboard scripts. Storyboard is all about framing everything, which is sometimes a constraint for film directors.
The animation uses a storyboard script, which can be said to be just right, and a rigorous production process requires a rigorous script.
There isn't much that can be said about the script, as long as you know the format, everyone can write the script. However, whether it is well written or not is another matter. It's extremely easy to get started, but it's very difficult to master.
Writing a script depends more on the individual's ability, and the role of the teacher is not great.
The third day of the course is the focus of the next day.
The class on this day was a computer-based class, which is the use of computer software to animate. There are currently three types of animation software, flash, 3Dmax and Maya.
flash is a 2D animation software, and 3Dmax and Maya are 3D animation software.
Liu Shuo himself uses 3Dmax, which he is very quick to use, while flash and Maya are much slower. That is, Beiying teaches Maya here, and other animation schools don't teach Maya at all, only 3Dmax. Because 3Dmax can be pirated with a pirated version, Maya needs to buy a genuine one.
As for the use of pirated software, it has become a habit in China, and until more than ten years later, many animation and game companies are still using pirated software.
At this time, it is actually the two-dimensional software of flash, which is relatively difficult to learn, because flash needs to input code in addition to frame adjustment. The code actually belongs to the category of the computer department, which requires a certain amount of English skills.
There are not many students in the Animation School who are good at English, even if Liu Shuo passed the English in the college entrance examination, he can only stare dryly in the face of the dense code.
Fortunately, Liu Shuo never thought about making 2D animations at all, or in the future, 2D animations will also be rendered in 3D to 2D effects. This method is far better and much simpler than flash.
More than a decade later, flash has largely retired from the gaming world, being replaced by two software, Cocos and spine. These two software can replace Flash because they are relatively convenient for rigging.
However, whether it is flash, Cocos, or spine, their animation effects are much worse than 3D animations. In particular, the emergence of next-generation models in the future has greatly improved the quality of animation, and there are few animations that are useful in 2D.
Of course, it will take some time for 3D to fully replace 2D. Although a large number of 3D animations have been developed in the United States, RB's 2D animation has not yet been replaced.
This is also an important reason why Liu Shuo did not choose a comic major, but chose an animation major, compared with 3D animation, comics are too simple. Liu Shuo is not satisfied with drawing comics, he also makes animations and even makes movies.
So even if he learned it again, Liu Shuo still listened very carefully.
"3D modeling is not the same as painting on a flat surface, it has a three-dimensional sense, so let's start with the basics. That is to be familiar with the software, although we use the Chinese version, but still familiar with him. Let's take a look at the overall layout of this software, as soon as you open the software, the largest area is the window area, it has four windows, and this one in the upper left corner is the top view ......"
Teacher Gao, who teaches computer technology in the animation version, uses the screen control software to control everyone's screens, shows his interface to the students, and teaches while operating on the computer.
Students who have just started learning 3D find it fun. But it won't be long before they have a tough time, and if they get past it, they may be able to keep learning. If it doesn't get past that tough period, then they may give up.
However, there is still a long time before that difficult period, so the students feel very new.
Watching Mr. Gao make a table on the computer and then paste the material on it, it looks like the real thing. How do they know that this kind of discounted material belongs to the lowest level, and the real advanced is to draw the texture themselves.
However, at this time, Liu Shuo really didn't know what kind of hand-painted stickers he used, and the bodypaint 3D software he used later was not available for the time being. I don't know if it hasn't been transmitted to China or has not been developed, but there are already 3D games in this era, and the famous online game "World of Warcraft" has been operating in China since June this year.
This popular game in the world,It's a 3D model.,Although the picture quality is too much worse than the future high model.,But it's definitely top-notch in this era.。
So, now that there is 3D mapping software, I just don't know what it is.
After a day of computer lessons, the students still did not come out of the 3D world, and they all talked about things related to 3D.
"Do you think we can make a 3D animation in the future?" Li Chenghui lay on the bed and began to look forward to what would happen after he learned 3D.
"Absolutely, but I've heard that 3D animation is a lot of work. He Yang answered: "If you want to do 3D animation, you need at least dozens of people, right?"
"Aren't there 30 people in our class? I don't believe that 30 people can't make a cartoon?" Li Chenghui couldn't breathe.
"Then have you figured out what to do?" Liu Shuo asked, "Do you want to show the cartoon after you finish it?"
"Of course it's going to be screened!" Li Chenghui said: "Let's make a short film and take it directly to the TV station to show it, and then make a film and take it to the cinema to be screened." ”
The three of them looked at each other, they didn't know whether to say that Li Chenghui was whimsical? Or did this guy like to brag?
Liu Shuo snorted, "If you can get a TV station and a movie theater, we'll make a cartoon." ”
"That's what you said!" Li Chenghui pointed at Liu Shuo and called the number, but he didn't hear the perfunctory in Liu Shuo's mouth at all.