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課程大網
- Day 1~2. Rigid Body adn Rigid Body Constraints
	Lesson 1 Rigid Body 　　　　 - The differences between active and passive rigid body。　　　　 - What is field? The fields in Maya dynamics。　　　　 - How to create rigid bodies。　　　　 - Important rigid body node。　　　　 - How to create and connect fields to rigid bodies。　　　　 - Stand-ins of rigid bodies。　　　　 - Rigid body solver and its attributes。　　　　 - Caching。　　　　 - Combining Keyframes with rigid body collisions。 Lesson 2. Rigid Body Constraints 　　　　 - Rigid body constraint types。　　　　 - How to parent constraints。　　　　 - How to animate constraint parameters。　　　　 - How to set the initial state。　　　　 - The dynamic and non-dynamic constraints。　　　　 - Using the Attribute spreadsheets。　　　　 - Initial Spin。　　　　 - Damping。　　　　 - Mass。　　　　 - Keying dynamic constraints。　　　　 - Using clusters with dynamic constraints。　　　　 - Rigid body groups。 Lesson 3. Rigid Body Optimization 　　　　 - Rigid body and solver optimization。　　　　 - The importance of stand-in geomerty。　　　　 - Collision and interpenetration troubleshooting。　　　　 - Surface normal and Collision Layers。　　　　 - Baking simulations。
- Day 3~4. Introduction of particles, Rigid Body and particlesRenders
	Lesson 4. Introduction of particles 　　　　 - Application of particles。　　　　 - Using the particle tool。　　　　 - Particle initial state。　　　　 - Keyframing particles。　　　　 - Emitters and texture emission。　　　　 - Particle shape nodes and common particle attributes。　　　　 - Per object vs Per particle attributes。　　　　 -The array mapper and normalized age。　　　　 - Inherit Factor particle conserve。　　　　 - Making particles stick to a surface。　　　　 - Inherit Factor particle conserve。　　　　 - Particle emission with max count。　　　　 - Per point emission。 Lesson 5. Rigid Body and particles 　　　　 - Particles and rigid body collision。　　　　 - Particle collisions。　　　　 - Collision layers。　　　　 - How to set particle mass in a creation expression。　　　　 - Rigid body surface emission。　　　　 - How to change geoConnector's attributes。 Lesson 6 Particle collision and collision events 　　　　 - How to create particle to surface collisions。　　　　 - Create and edit particle collision events 。　　　　 - Particle collision event procedures。　　　　 - Different particles collision applications。　　　　 - The dynamic relationships editor。
- Day 5~6. Particle expressions, emit function, flow effect, Goals
	Lesson 7 Particle expressions 　　　　 - Fundamental physics concepts。　　　　 - Maya's particle evaluation process。　　　　 - Inital State。　　　　 - Creation and runtime expressions。　　　　 - Expressions the mape values to a particles age。　　　　 - Linstep and smoothstep functions。　　　　 - How to use particle attribute。　　　　 - Absolute value。　　　　 - sin, cos, mod, noise, dnoise, rand, sphrand functions。　　　　 - Adding custom attributes to particles。 Lesson 8 The emit function 　　　　 - Common uses for the emit function。　　　　 - Common emit syntax and options。　　　　 - How to use simple conditional statements。　　　　 - How to add and work with custom attributes。　　　　 - How to construct strings of commands for evaluation。　　　　 - Emitting particles when rigid body collisions occur。 Lesson 9 The flow effect 　　　　 - Using the flow clip effect。　　　　 - How to make particles flow along a NURBS curve。　　　　 - How to combine deformers and animation with dynamics。　　　　 - Combining field and goals。　　　　 - Creating a lattice on a curve 。　　　　 - Using relative clusters。　　　　 - How to use objects as the source of fields。　　　　 - How to adjust important flow parameters。　　　　 - Using a vortex field。 Lesson 10 Goals 　　　　 - How to create goal objects。　　　　 - The different goal parameters。　　　　 - How to animate goal attributes。　　　　 - Per particle goal attributes and functions。　　　　 - Parenting particles, emission in world。
- Day 7~8. Soft Bodies and springs, Particle Instancing, Particle Rendering & compositing
	Lesson 11 Soft Bodies and springs 　　　　 - How to create soft bodies。　　　　 - How to change soft body parameters。　　　　 - Soft body interaction on a character。　　　　 - Soft body emission。　　　　 - How to use goal weight on soft bodies。　　　　 - Artisan goalPP paint。　　　　 - How to creat particle springs。　　　　 - Particle spring attributes。　　　　 - How to use soft bodies as influence objects。　　　　 - How to have an object follow particle with an expression。 Lesson 12 Particle Instancing 　　　　 - How to make geometry match particle movement。　　　　 - How to add animated geometry to particles。　　　　 - How to use cycles to instance a sequence of geometry。　　　　 - How particle instancing uses custom attributes。　　　　 - How to add randomness to particle instanced geometry。　　　　 - Important qualities of hardware sprites。　　　　 - How to create software sprites using particle instancing。　　　　 - How to use the velocity as an aim vector。 Lesson 13 Particle Rendering 　　　　 - Hardware render buffer attributes。　　　　 - Multi-pass rendering and motion blur。　　　　 - Hardware render types。　　　　 - Depth sorting and color accumulation。　　　　 - Memory and disk caching described。　　　　 - Software render types compared in detail。　　　　 - Better illumination。　　　　 - Particle cloud shading group。　　　　 - Array mapper。　　　　 - Particle sampler info node。　　　　 - raytracing and self shadowing techniques。 Lesson 14 Dynamics compositing 　　　　 - Layers。　　　　 - useBackGround shading。　　　　 - FX elements。　　　　 - Shadow pass techniques。　　　　 - Interactive lighting and post process effects。　　　　 - Combing hardware and software particle effects。　　　　 - Geomerty masking for software and hardware rendering。