If you don't have ffmpeg installed on your system, you can get it through most package managers, or you can [download it directly](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html), or use your own video creation program.
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**A4.5**
-[(Task 3) Linear Blend Skinning](skinning.md)
-[(Task 4) Particle Simulation]()(coming soon)
Each task is described at the linked page.
## Converting Frames to Video
Additionally, we will ask you to create your own animation. Once you've rendered out each frame of your animation, you can combine them into a video by using:
You may want to change the default `30` and `640x360` to the frame rate and resolution you chose to render at.
If you don't have ffmpeg installed on your system, you can get it through most package managers, or you can [download it directly](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html). Alternatively, you may use your preferred video editing tool.
Each of these components is described at the linked page.
Additionally, the assignment specification asks you to create a video of your animation. Some brief technical notes on creating videos from images are [here](generate_videos.md).
PathTrace is (as the name suggests) a simple path tracer that can render pictures with global illumination effects. The first part of the assignment will focus on providing an efficient implementation of **ray-scene geometry queries**. In the second half of the assignment you will **add the ability to simulate how light bounces around the scene**, which will allow your renderer to synthesize much higher-quality images. Much like in MeshEdit, input scenes are defined in COLLADA files, so you can create your own scenes for your scenes to render using free software like [Blender](https://www.blender.org/).)
PathTracer is (as the name suggests) a simple path tracer that can render scenes with global illumination. The first part of the assignment will focus on providing an efficient implementation of **ray-scene geometry queries**. In the second half of the assignment you will **add the ability to simulate how light bounces around the scene**, which will allow your renderer to synthesize much higher-quality images. Much like in MeshEdit, input scenes are defined in COLLADA files, so you can create your own scenes to render using Scotty3D or other free software like [Blender](https://www.blender.org/).
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The files that you will work with for PathTracer are all under `src/student` directory. Some of the particularly important ones are outlined below. Methods that we expect you to implement are marked with "TODO (PathTracer)", which you may search for.
We have also provided you very powerful debugging tool in `src/student/debug.h` and `src/student/debug.cpp`. Please see the comments in those two files in order to use them effectively. :-)
You are also provided with some very useful debugging tool in `src/student/debug.h` and `src/student/debug.cpp`. Please read the comments in those two files to learn how to use them effectively.
