Essential CG Lighting Techniques with 3ds Max

Certified by Autodesk, Darren Brooker's new edition teaches the production techniques behind real-world work. The tutorials take you from the fundamentals of lighting, right through to advanced techniques.

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Darren Brooker is a CG artist, with experience at Cosgrove Hall Digital and Pepper's Ghost, both top UK production studios. He is an award-winning, independent rendering and lighting specialist and an experienced journalist with published work in the Guardian, 3D World, CGI, Computer Arts, Creation and Broadcast Engineering News.

Inhalt

1 Introduction
Part 1: Theory
2 A little light theory
3 CG lights examined
4 Understanding shadows
Part 2: Techniques
5 Basic lighting techniques
6 Further lighting techniques
7 Radiosity techniques
8 Indoor lighting techniques
9 Outdoor lighting techniques
10 Special lighting techniques
11 Match lighting
12 Rendering with mental ray
13 Lighting for Games
14 Lighting and lens effects
15 Compositing
Part 3: Tips and tricks
16 In production
Part 4: Taking it further
17 Composition and drama
18 Camerawork and technicalities
19 Looking further

Appendix A About the DVD
Appendix B Glossary
Appendix C Bibliography

DVD content: The natural elements
Tricks of the trade
Third-party plug-ins