CGTalk - Lighting Tuts?

CelticArtist

02-09-2003, 01:52 AM

Hey, i'm trying to setup my lights for my senior project right now, but i'm having difficulty, i'm mainly a modeller, but i want my lights to really well reflect the quality of what i'm creating, as well as give the whole piece a sepia tone, instead of full color lights. I'm using Maya, without any seperate GI systems, not even Mental Ray, i'm on school computers, so i can't install anything. anyone have any lighting setup tuts they could share? i know the simple stuff like a 3 light system for showing off models, but actually lighting a scene is much harder, i'm doing both an indoor, and an outdoor shot, Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks guys (and gals).

bjotto

02-09-2003, 11:05 AM

I really like these:

http://www.3dluvr.com/carles/resources.htm

CGmonkey

02-09-2003, 01:47 PM

http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/general/lighting_in_lightwave/lighting_in_lightwave1.asp

cheers mate!

CelticArtist

02-09-2003, 06:35 PM

Wow, thanks guys, that tut from Carles Piles is amazing, it'll be a big help, on his gallery, he's even got an image with the type of lighting i want for my film, the Cine image with Chaplin posters and such. His tut was really easy to follow (unlike some i've read) i haven't had a chance yet to put it to the test, but i will asap, i haven't had a chance yet to read the lightwave one, but it looks good too from the quick glance i had, thanks for the help guys :)

Signal2Noise

02-10-2003, 05:07 AM

Hey CelticArtist, if you're still having a hankering for more tut's then check out Jeremy Birn's site:

http://www.3drender.com/light/index.html

I also recommend his book- non app specific which is great.

TerrestrialSea

02-10-2003, 06:40 AM

Here are a few more that might be of interest...

http://www.michaelscholz.de/neuehomepage/tutorial/

The natural lighing tutorial is a must for any 3d artist.

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