Illumination Ligh Design

In this series you will learn about the Global Illumination effect inside CINEMA 4D. The series starts with a general overview of what Direct Light and Indirect Light are, and what that means to the renderer. With that groundwork laid, the concepts behind sampling and how that affects the resulting GI solution are covered. This includes information about how the size of illuminating objects affects the GI calculations, the GI Area Light attribute, and GI portals. With an idea of what goes into sampling the scene you will then explore the various GI methods, including primary (Irradiance Cache, Quasi-Monte Carlo) and secondary bounces (Irradiance Cache, Quasi-Monte Carlo, Radiosity Maps, and Light Mapping). After going over the various GI methods you will then be introduced to working with caches for the Irradiance Cache, Radiosity Maps, and Light Mapping.

In this instructional tutorial Damien Lovegrove shows you how he lights and captures portraits on location using a combination of speedlights, big flash and available ambient light.

In this instructional tutorial Damien Lovegrove shows you how he lights and captures portraits in urban locations using a combination of speedlights, light modifiers and available ambient light. You will also be shown how Damien chooses his camera and flash settings (shutter speed, ISO, aperture, flash power etc.).

Create Jaw-Dropping Custom 3D with Photoshop & Dimension CC

Radiant Vision Systems has released ProSource Software 10.2.7. This software enables optical system designers to fully exploit Radiant Source Models (RSMs) of light sources and lighting systems.

SAVANNAH ILLUMINATION AND STYLE PAK Savannah Illumination and Style pak is an add on pack for Savannah Hair that opens Savannah-Hair into a new realm. It features a complete selection of new textures that use multi streaked designs with strategic hair highlights for amazing realism. It also includes a huge compliment of MAT files that access exotic and dimensional hand created hair colors. Plus the ability to separately apply bleached blonde strands to the outer areas of any color applied to Savannah-Hair. The MAT files also scale the ambient color nodes to introduce a lightness and illumination to the outer parts of Savannah-Hair with stunning results. With the Illumination and Style pak you have also have up to four levels of density from wispy to full bodied hair applied to every single color. Plus there are 15 new instant styles for even more versatility. The creation of fantasy and ultra realistic styles are limitless when you use "Savannah-Hair" with the "Illumination and Style Pak!!"

In this lecture on the subject of Global Illumination lighting techniques, Christopher Nichols discusses the subject of exterior lighting. This DVD covers a general introduction to the principles of Global Illumination, which are essential to the understanding of this specialized form of lighting. While the series primarily uses V-Ray as the render engine in a 3ds Max environment, those using other GI renderers will also benefit from the conceptual techniques described. From the general concepts of reflected specular and diffuse light, to sky lights and image based lighting with HDRIs, Christopher shows how to light scenes using real world lighting in a fully reflective environment. He also demonstrates how to tackle the issues of animation by finding the most optimal way to bake lighting for exterior sets. This series is geared toward the CG artist that already has an intermediate understanding of direct lighting and is making the transition to GI lighting.

This five part series will focus on the topic of setting up a variety of lighting rigs that reflect natural lighting at different times of the day and manmade interior lighting. Each of the chapters will use the same base scene as a starting point, and will show a step by step guide to finding a lighting and rendering solution that best reflects the desired lighting situation.