Animation Controls

Animation Controls

 Animation is (usually) specified using some form

of low-dimensional controls as opposed to
remodeling the actual geometry (3D models)
for each frame.
Animation Controls

 Animation is (usually) specified using some form

of low-dimensional controls as opposed to
remodeling the actual geometry (3D models)
for each frame.

What does this mean?

Low-dimensional control
 We have seen this…

“When Splines Were Physical Objects” By Rain Noe - Core 77, 2016
Low-dimensional control
 We have seen this…

https://youtu.be/PwGnyJJCPIg
3D objects representation

 Triangle mesh – a set of triangles (vertices)

3D objects representation

 Triangle mesh – a set of triangles (vertices)

…
(0,1,6) (1,4,2)
(0,0,0)(3,2,3) (8,9,6)
3D objects representation

 Triangle mesh – a set of triangles (vertices)

…
(0,1,6) (1,4,2)
(0,0,0)(3,2,3) (8,9,6)
3D objects representation

 Triangle mesh – a set of triangles (vertices)

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…
(0,1,6) (1,4,2) (?,?,?)
(0,0,0)(3,2,3) (8,9,6)
3D objects representation

 Triangle mesh – a set of triangles (vertices)

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Change each vertices
(?,?,?)
one by one
(?,?,?) individually/separately?
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…
(0,1,6) (1,4,2) (?,?,?)
(0,0,0)(3,2,3) (8,9,6)
3D objects representation

 Triangle mesh – a set of triangles (vertices)

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Change each vertices
(?,?,?)
one by one
(?,?,?) individually/separately?
(?,?,?)

…
(?,?,?)
Very high-dimensional
(0,1,6) (1,4,2) (?,?,?) control!!
(0,0,0)(3,2,3) (8,9,6)
3D objects representation

 Triangle mesh – a set of triangles (vertices)

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In this example, we can
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change all the vertices
(?,?,?) by only 1 control input.
(?,?,?)
(?,?,?)
…
(0,1,6) (1,4,2) (?,?,?)
(0,0,0)(3,2,3) (8,9,6)
3D objects representation

 Triangle mesh – a set of triangles (vertices)

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In this example, we can
(?,?,?)
change all the vertices
(?,?,?) by only 1 control input.
(?,?,?)

…
(?,?,?)
Low-dimensional control!
(0,1,6) (1,4,2) (?,?,?)
(0,0,0)(3,2,3) (8,9,6)
3D objects representation

 Triangle mesh – a set of triangles (vertices)

?
In this example, we can
(?,?,?)
change all the vertices
(?,?,?) by only 1 control input.
(?,?,?)

…
(?,?,?)
Low-dimensional control!
(0,1,6) (1,4,2) (?,?,?) How?
(0,0,0)(3,2,3) (8,9,6)
3D objects representation

 Triangle mesh – a set of triangles (vertices)

Rotation matrix!

In this example, we can

(?,?,?)
change all the vertices
(?,?,?) by only 1 control input.
(?,?,?)

…
(?,?,?)
Low-dimensional control!
(0,1,6) (1,4,2) (?,?,?) How?
(0,0,0)(3,2,3) (8,9,6)
Rotation Matrix – Quick Review

 2D rotation
 Counterclockwise by 𝜃

 x '  cos  − sin    x 

 y ' =  sin  cos    y 
Verify
  
Rotation Matrix – Quick Review

 2D rotation
 Counterclockwise by 𝜃
e.g.
𝒙, 𝒚 = 𝟐, 𝟎
𝜽 = 𝟑𝟎𝟎
 x '  cos  − sin    x 
 y ' =  sin  cos    y 
Verify 𝒙′ = 𝒙 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟑𝟎𝟎 − 𝒚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟑𝟎𝟎 = 𝟑

   𝒚′ = 𝒙 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝟎𝟎 + 𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟑𝟎𝟎 = 𝟏

𝟑, 𝟏

= 𝟑𝟎𝟎

𝟐, 𝟎
𝒙′ , 𝒚′ = 𝟑, 𝟏
Rotation Matrix – Quick Review

 3D Rotation about coordinate axes

 cos  − sin  0  1 0 0 
   
Rz =  sin  cos  0  Rx =  0 cos  − sin  
 0 1   0 sin  cos  
 0 
 cos  0 sin  
 
Ry =  0 1 0 
 − sin  0 cos  
 
3D objects representation

 Triangle mesh – a set of triangles (vertices)

In this example, we can

(?,?,?)
change all the vertices
(?,?,?) by only 1 control input.
(?,?,?)

…
(?,?,?)
Low-dimensional control!
(0,1,6) (1,4,2) (?,?,?) How? Rotation Matrix
(0,0,0)(3,2,3) (8,9,6)
Animation Controls

 Animation is (usually) specified using some form

of low-dimensional controls as opposed to
remodeling the actual geometry (3D models)
for each frame.
 Spatial: A rigid motion is represented by
changing the transformation matrix (rotation
and translation).
Animation Controls

 Animation is (usually) specified using some form

of low-dimensional controls as opposed to
remodeling the actual geometry (3D models)
for each frame.
 Spatial: A rigid motion is represented by
changing the transformation matrix (rotation
and translation).
 Temporal: Specify Keyframes instead of all
the in-between frames

Image: Stanford bunny surface mesh (courtesy of Stanford Univ.).