Tutorials and Assets
Outdoor Lighting
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
This tutorial provides a detailed demonstration of how to approach outdoor lighting for any time of day. We begin by discussing the nature of outdoor light, the sun, the sky, shadows and the use of reference material. In Maya we focus on a direct illumination approach utilizing both the native renderer and Mental Ray, while also discussing the use of skyDomes, bounce light, raytracing, optiFX, Final Gather and Ambient Occlusion. Various times of day are created, including morning, noon, afternoon, evening and night. Animated lighting tests are rendered and composited in After Effects, incorporating Z-depth based Depth-of-Field, Highlight Blooming and other filter adjustments to make our renders feel more photographic.
Chapter One: Introduction, Reference and Skies
| Duration: 55 min | Size: 171.18mb | Cost: $9.00 |
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Chapter Two: Sun and Sky Illumination
| Duration: 50 min | Size: 113.39mb | Cost: $9.00 |
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Chapter Three: Shadows and Bounce Light
| Duration: 51 min | Size: 108.51mb | Cost: $9.00 |
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Chapter Four: Changing the Time of Day
| Duration: 53 min | Size: 156.24mb | Cost: $9.00 |
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Chapter Five: Variations, Lighting for Animation
| Duration: 31 min | Size: 102.44mb | Cost: $6.00 |
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Chapter Six: Compositing, Z-Depth, Post-Effects
| Duration: 53 min | Size: 98.25mb | Cost: $9.00 |
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Now this is a project file i would like to have to better follow along with. Any chance of that happening? I bought this first one and will definitely buy the rest of the chapters if a scene file becomes available.
Posted June 22, 2007 - 09:48amThanks,
George
Posted July 05, 2007 - 09:23pmMy wife and I bought the 14 DVDs on Dynamics and we were not disappointed at all, this time around I purchased the first OUTDOOR LIGHTING tutorial and I just have to say thanks Alex for doing a great job. See ya at siggraph
Regards,
Martin Romero
Posted July 05, 2007 - 09:23pmMy wife and I bought the 14 DVDs on Dynamics and we were not disappointed at all, this time around I purchased the first OUTDOOR LIGHTING tutorial and I just have to say thanks man for doing a great job. See ya at siggraph
Regards,
Martin Romero
Posted July 05, 2007 - 09:23pmMy wife and I bought the 14 DVDs set on Dynamics and we were not disappointed at all, this time around I purchased the first OUTDOOR LIGHTING tutorial and I just have to say thanks Alex for doing a great job. See ya at siggraph
Regards,
Martin Romero
Posted July 05, 2007 - 09:24pmMy wife and I bought the 14 DVDs set on Dynamics and we were not disappointed at all, this time around I purchased the first OUTDOOR LIGHTING tutorial and I just have to say thanks Alex for doing a great job. See ya at siggraph
Regards,
Martin Romero