Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Welcome to Rigging

Pre-K - 1st
This video [2:00] provides an overview of what rigging is all about. It involves adding controls to a digital model to create animated characters.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Rendering

9th - 10th
This video [2:08] is an introduction to rendering, transforming a 3-D computer space into a series of 2-D images that play one right after another to create a movie.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Animating Grass (Video)

9th - 10th
In this video [2:08] lesson, we're going to talk about Animation, how to make the blade of grass move. How are we going to animate each blade? Well to animate, we just need to know where each control point is in each frame of the...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Getting to Know Tony Derose

9th - 10th
This video [4:14] is Tony Derose, a computer graphics expert for Pixar Studios, discussing his life, education, and work experience. He discusses what he has done in movies he has worked on from Pixar.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Subdividing Your Own Design (Video)

9th - 10th
In this interactive video lesson [1:05] you can move points, as before, but you can also add as many new points as you'd like. Just click on an interior of an edge to create a new point. And, then, use the mouse to drag the new point...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Subdivide Operation (Video)

9th - 10th
In this video lesson [1:45] we can combine split and average into a single operation called subdivide. Click link to review midpoints. Click link to go to the Environment Modeling lesson.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Getting to Know Alonso Martinez

9th - 10th
This video [5:04] is Alonso Martinez, a computer animator at Pixar Studios, discussing how he got interested in 3-D animation and robotics and how he uses them in his job.
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Common Craft

Common Craft: Image Resolution and Pixels

9th - 10th
This video follows the story of Neil, who learns why he can't enlarge and print a photo that was taken with his phone. Using an analogy of a blanket, the video illustrates what happens when a small image is enlarged and what's needed for...