3ds Max – Advanced Lighting
Release date:2017, January 5
Duration:02 h 52 m
Author:Aaron F. Ross
Skill level:Advanced
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Realistic lighting is easier, faster, and better than ever in 3ds Max. Photometric lighting and a choice of rendering options gives you the power to create a convincing illusion. This course focuses on architectural visualization, but the techniques apply to other applications such as motion picture production. Author Aaron F. Ross provides a conceptual overview of advanced lighting and rendering, then demonstrates how to construct various lighting scenarios in 3ds Max. He shows how to render scenes with exterior and interior daylight, practical artificial lighting, and manufacturer photometric data. The course includes a chapter on special effects such as light exclusion and lens effects. By the end of the course, you’ll have seen how to control the powerful lighting tools in 3ds Max to achieve photorealistic results.
Topics include:
Photometric lighting and gamma correction
High dynamic range and exposure control
Global illumination
Exterior daylight
Image-based lighting
Atmospheric effects
Geometric backdrops and self-illumination
Hiding the background for compositing
Interior daylight
Studio soft lighting
Importing photometric data
Light and shadow exclusion
Mapping light with Projector Map
Rendering
Lens Effects
00. Introduction
01 – Welcome
02 – Using the exercise files
01. Concepts
03 – Photometric lighting
04 – Gamma correction and linear workflows
05 – High dynamic range imaging
06 – Exposure and tone mapping
07 – Global illumination
08 – Color temperature
02. Exterior Daylight
09 – Understanding 3ds Max gamma correction
10 – Laying out the scene
11 – Tuning final gathering or GI
12 – Creating mental ray sun and sky
13 – Setting viewport display options
14 – Exposure control and tone mapping
15 – Adjusting mental ray sun and sky
16 – Image-based lighting with a skylight
17 – Rendering global illumination and IBL
18 – White-balancing a map
19 – Applying environment fog
20 – Rendering against black for compositing
21 – Constructing a geometric backdrop
22 – Self-illuminating a backdrop
03. Photometric Interiors
23 – Interior daylight with ART physical sun and sky
24 – Physical material emission for environments
25 – Approximating direct sunlight
26 – Filling shadows with area soft lights
27 – Interior artificial light in ART
28 – Importing photometric data
04. Studio Lighting and Effects
29 – Light and shadow exclusion
30 – Controlling attenuation decay
31 – Projecting images with Projector Map
32 – Rendering volume lights
33 – Adding lens effects – Glow
34 – Layering and mapping lens effects
05. Conclusion
35 – Next steps
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