Khan Academy: 1. Ray Tracing Intuition

Before building characters you need to define individual shapes using objects. Click here to review objects on Khan Academy.

Let's start by drawing every frame, one by one...

First we need to make sure we understand exactly what happens in the split & average steps.

First you'll connect shapes together using joints that rotate

First we'll review weighted averages of two points and extend the idea to three points. Practice weighted averages of two points in Environment Modeling if you haven't seen it before.

First we'll use the slope intercept form of a line to define each frame along a straight line.

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