Essential CG Lighting Techniques with 3ds Max

Authors: Darren Brooker
Publisher: Focal Press, Third edition 2008
Size: 14.34 MB
Format: SFXed pdf
Link: http://ifile.it/80wcirb
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Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Who this book is for

How to use this book

Tutorials

Software requirements

Part 1 > Theory

Chapter 2 A little light theory

Real world lighting explained

The visible spectrum

Color mixing

Our perception of light

Color temperature

Color balance

The behavior of light

Understanding the qualities of light

Chapter 3 CG lights examined

Lights in CG

Standard lights

Sunlight and Daylight systems

Photometric lights

The anatomy of a CG light

Chapter 4 Understanding shadows

The importance of shadows

The technical side of shadows

Faking it

When to fake

To use shadows or not?

Shadow saturation

Part 2 > Techniques

Chapter 5 Basic lighting techniques

Learning to light

Basic three-point lighting

Key light

Fill light

Backlight

Key-to-fill ratios

Contrast

Tutorial > three-point lighting

Chapter 6 Further lighting techniques

Making light work

Other light types

Area lights

Tutorial > area lights

Arrays

Tutorial > light arrays

Skylights

High Dynamic Range imaging

Tutorial > HDR skylight

Chapter 7 Radiosity techniques

Global illumination

Light distribution

Raytracing

Radiosity

Radiosity workflow

Tutorial > radiosity workflow

Chapter 8 Indoor lighting techniques

Indoor lighting

Outdoor light indoors

Tutorial > radiosity techniques

Tutorial > simulating global illumination

Tutorial > HDR lighting

Artificial lighting

Tutorial > three-point artificial lighting

Chapter 9 Outdoor lighting techniques

The great outdoors

Sunlight

Skylight

Sunlight and skylight together

Tutorial > sunlight and skylight together

Night time

Moonlight

Tutorial > moonlight

Street lighting

Tutorial > outdoor lighting fixtures

Tutorial > neon lighting

Chapter 10 Rendering with mental ray

Physically-based lighting

Tutorial > indirect illumination workflow

Tutorial > Global Illumination

Floating-point images

Tutorial > floating-point images

Tutorial > outdoor lighting

Ambient occlusion

Tutorial > ambient occlusion

Caustics

Tutorial > caustics with mental ray

Rendering options

Chapter 11 Match lighting

Background plates

Lighting reference data

HDR

Match lighting in practice

Match lighting without reference

Tutorial > match lighting

mental ray production shaders

Tutorial > match lighting with mental ray

Chapter 12 Lighting Analysis

Lighting analysis

The Lighting Analysis Assistant

Tutorial > lighting analysis

Chapter 13 Lighting and lens effects

Visual hooks

Inside the lens

Glows

Tutorial > glows

Lens flares

Tutorial > lens flares

Highlights

Tutorial > highlights

Chapter 14 Compositing

Post production

Compositing

Render Elements

Tutorial > Render Elements

Combustion

Tutorial > combustion

Taking compositing further

Part 3 > Tips & tricks

Chapter 15 In production

Working efficiently

The first step

The key

Fills and backlights

Rendering

Revision

Production pipelines

Modeling issues

Texturing issues

More revision

Preparation

Pitching for business

Experimentation

Part 4 > Taking it further

Chapter 16 Composition and drama

Visual storytelling

Composition

Unity

Grouping

Emphasis

Depth

Mood and drama

Positive and negative space

The rule of thirds

Chapter 17 Camerawork and technicalities

The camera in 3D

Technical aspects

Broadcast standards

PAL and NTSC

Aspect ratios

Film formats

Reframing

Overscan

Fields and motion blur

Chapter 18 Looking further

Looking beyond lighting

Brazil

finalRender

Maxwell Render

V-Ray

MAXScript

Plug-in away

Useful websites

Studio websites