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Second Semester Review
what I've been doing since joining evl
- learned OpenGL
- made "contrast" an animated film programmed completely in OpenGL
- learned the RenderMan Interface
- created an on-line guide for marrying OpenGL to RenderMan code
- adapted OpenGL code from "contrast" to export RenderMan Interface Bytestream in real-time, for high quality off-line rendering in BMRT
- learned basic modeling in Alias
- modeled the main character from an animated film I have in production
- wrote wriders a short script inspired by the aesthetic beliefs of Robert Irwin
- wrote "birthday" a short story about a cyborg on it's 223rd birthday
- created an on-line interactive storytelling experiment, learning Perl in the process
things left to explore
- learn C++
- learn texture mapping and lighting in OpenGL
- learn the RenderMan Shading Language
- learn data structures
- continue building models in Alias for my animated films and CAVE apps
- work on storyboards for CAVE apps and write them
- continue developing ideas for animated films