Session 1 Agenda: Fundamentals and Direct Lighting Setups

Part 1 Fundamentals

Keynote slideshow
Qualities of Light
Discussion: Examples


BREAK


Part 2 Hands-On: 3-Point, 4-Point, 5-Point Lighting 
Exercise: lighting_statue01.ma

Subjects:

• Lighting Setups
• Key
• Fill
• Rim/Hair
• Kicker
• BG Light
• Lighting workflow: Projects, Menus and Windows, Render Settings, Render View, IPR, Shelf, Hardware Renderers, Look Through Light Camera
• Light types: Point, Spot, Directional
• The Light Manipulator (“t” key) - Use with spotlight to access interactive controls for the following attributes:
1. center of interest
2. pivot
3. cone radius
4. penumbra angle
5. decay region
6. origin/radius decay
• Dropoff, penumbra
• Attenuation (Decay)
• Colored light
• Shaping light throw with barn doors
• Shader glow for bloom
  
• Depth map shadows:
• · Set the light’s Dmap Resolution to the lowest value that produces shadows of acceptable quality. As a starting point, set Dmap Resolution to the same value as the rendering resolution.
• · Use filter for soft shadows
• · Use disk-based dmap by changing to Overwrite existing dmap(s) . Use fcheck to view it (renderdata/depth). Need to hit Z-buffer button in fcheck to see depth information.
• · Add frame ext – use for animated lights and/or objects
• · change to reuse depth maps after you are happy with the placement of lights and objects
• · fake transparent dmaps with lighter shadows

Homework: kitchen02.ma