2024 STATE TECHNICAL STANDARDS • PAGE 113 SERIES: COMMERCIAL DESIGN B CONTEST: CONTEST: 3-D VISUALIZATION & ANIMATION 3-D VISUALIZATION & ANIMATION Series Director: MARK LYONS • (978) 290-9015 • [email protected] Competition: Blackstone - Rooms 524 & 523 with Event Manager: Ryan McSweeney REQUIREMENTS AND SCOPE OF CONTEST Advisors will be sent log-on information for the Learning Management System Learning Management System, which will be open on April 10. Contestants must submit an electronic copy of their resumé to the LMS LMS by April 22, by 5:00pm. Clothing Requirements: avoid a clothing penalty SkillsUSA attire: - Red SkillsUSA blazer, windbreaker or sweater, or black or red SkillsUSA jacket. - Button-up, collared, white dress shirt (accompanied by a plain, solid black tie), white blouse (collarless or small collard) or white turtleneck, with any collar to not extend to the lapel area of the blazer, sweater, windbreaker or jacket. - Black dress slacks or black dress skirt (knee-length) Wearing socks or hose is no longer required. If worn, socks must be black dress socks and hose must be either black or skin-tone and seamless/non pattern. - Black dress shoes or Professional Business Attire NO cell phones or SmartWatches allowed Tool Requirements: Contestants must submit online a one-page type-written resume, failure to do so will result in a 50-point penalty All teams MUST have their own workstations. All teams MUST have their own workstations. Each team is responsible for their own computer equipment with software installed and running. Software Requirements: 1. 3D Software: Here are examples of acceptable 3D Animation programs a. Maya, 3DS Max, LightWave, XSI, Houdini, Cinema 4D b. Contestants are permitted to use more than one of the above to complete tasks. 2. 2D Image Editing Software: Photoshop or Equivalent 3. Examples of acceptable image sequence compositing programs are Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, or equivalent. Hardware Requirements: 1. Contestants may use any brand or type of personal computer from any source. Software must be pre-loaded and configured. The computer hardware must meet or exceed the minimum recommended system requirements from the manufacturer of the software of choice. We strongly recommend that the minimum requirements are exceeded. 2. User may use the following components with their systems: Wacom tablet, double monitors and Cintiq Pens. 3. Test the system carefully prior to competition. Make sure your computer is capable of saving to a USB storage device. Bring adapters as necessary. Other Required Materials: Pencils and erasers Storyboard paper 8GB Empty Flash Drive or larger State Skills: Contestants are tested on their production skills as well as their technical understanding of 3D Visualization and Animation. Testing of production skills and quality is administered through a practical examination wherein the contestants will, from scratch: design, build, animate, texture, and render an object to be presented at the time of competition. Testing of technical acumen will be administered through a multiple-choice test. Judging of the practical examination is based on the following criteria: Planning, Storyboards, Methodology and Execution Animation quality and Believable Motion Rendering Textures and Lighting Design and modeling Contestants are required to plan an action sequence that must be storyboarded. Once the action sequence is defined contestants are required to then animate the pre-defined object to that storyboard sequence. The action sequence must consist of two parts: a slow and visually fluid move- ment and a fast and powerful movement. If you have questions contact: Mark Lyons • AET Labs • EMAIL: [email protected] Online Online Resumé Resumé Submission Submission
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