Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!rochester!rocksanne!bozo!kirby From: kirby@bozo.wbst128.xerox.com (Mike Kirby (co-op)) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Computer animation Message-ID: <716@rocksanne.UUCP> Date: 12 Apr 89 15:27:42 GMT References: <1836@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> <16945@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@rocksanne.UUCP Reply-To: kirby@bozo.UUCP (Mike Kirby (co-op)) Distribution: na Organization: WRC, XEROX Lines: 36 >What about people like me, who would like to get in from the other end? I'm >majoring in computer science, and I'd like to get into computer animation. >What would you suggest in the way of art or design skills? Would these be a >necessary thing to have on a resume? I'm artistically talented, so I'm going >to put my free electives toward art or design courses anyway, just because I >enjoy that sort of thing. Would it be beneficial to minor in graphic design? >Please comment because I'm not really sure what I should do, or what is best, >or necessary, or whatever. Not only are the courses that youare taking important, but the experience that you might pick up for whatever reason. For example, do an independent study with a professor on computer animation. Check out some of the computer graphics journals and see what is being done in the field. Much of this work is, technicaly, very easy to implement (for a computer scientist of course :-) And even if you don't do anything for credit, spend some of your own time fooling around with computer animation and graphics. If you take simply what is offered at the course level, you will be no better then any other cs graduate. But if you can maintain a sound knowledge of that specific field then people will know five minutes into an interview that you have more motivation (at least in that part of your field of study) then the average vanilla graduate. Be careful though. I know many-a-student who have let their grades slip because they spend multiple nights until 3 in the mourning hacking around on whatever (in my case it was a raytracer...care to comment eric?) instead of doing real work (like physics...) Michael Kirby kirby.wbst128@xerox.com (don't know if this works...Never tried it) mpk9172@ritvax.bitnet (this'll work) mpk9182%ritcv@cs.rit.edu (It'll work ona good day with a strong tailwind) p.s. By the way, I am interested in computer animation myself... Anyone do anything along the lines in smart actors? also, I'm looking for an easy way to output sun 3/60 rgb to video.