Learn an essential workflow to lighting in 3ds Max and fundamental techniques to establishing moods and adding greater realism to your scenes through lighting. Contains over 2 hours of project-based training. Ideal for new and beginning artists.
Popular highlights include:
- Overview of Standard Light Types
- Overview of Photometric Lights
- Controlling Light Decay and Attenuation
- Modeling Environments to Scale for Accurate Lighting
- Using Shadow Maps for Efficient Rendering
- Utilizing Accurate Raytraced Shadows
- Creating Soft and Diffuse Shadows
- Real-world Lighting Profiles with Photometric Lights
- Exposure Controls to View HDR Renders
- Outdoor Lighting with Daylight System and Skylight
- Altering Rendering Controls for Objects
- Adding Glow Effects to Geometry and Lights
- Creating Volumetric Lighting Effects
- Radiosity to Simulate Indirect Illumination
- Using the Light Lister
- Creating Gobo Effects
Lesson Outline:
| 1. |
Introduction and Project Overview |
1:36 |
| 2. |
Intensity and Attenuation controls of Standard Lights |
9:52 |
| 3. |
Specialized parameters of spot lights |
7:14 |
| 4. |
Understanding and using Direct lights |
5:17 |
| 5. |
Using Photometric lights in 3ds Max |
9:11 |
| 6. |
Adding Shadow Maps to rendered scenes |
8:42 |
| 7. |
Using Raytraced shadows in 3ds Max |
4:22 |
| 8. |
Utilizing Area and Advanced Raytraced shadows |
11:29 |
| 9. |
Shadow parameters of mental ray lights |
4:45 |
| 10. |
Altering the Rendering Controls on individual objects |
4:16 |
| 11. |
Adding glow effects to geometry and lights |
8:11 |
| 12. |
Adding volumetric effects to lights |
7:22 |
| 13. |
Including and excluding objects from individual lights |
4:42 |
| 14. |
Using the Skylight to create outdoor illumination |
7:35 |
| 15. |
Creating outdoor lighting using the Daylight system |
11:38 |
| 16. |
Using radiosity to calculate realistic indirect illumination |
7:48 |
| 17. |
Methods for refining and enhancing radiosity results |
10:48 |
| 18. |
Using the Light Lister in 3ds Max |
2:09 |
| 19. |
Using the Advanced Effects for greater lighting control |
8:52 |
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Total Run Time:
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2:15:56 |
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