June 2011
Beginner
419 pages
10h 49m
English
book
Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2012 Essentials: AUTODESK OFFICIAL TRAINING GUIDE
by Randi L. Derakhshani, Dariush Derakhshani
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Standard Lights
The lights in 3ds Max attempt to mimic the way real lights work. For example, a lightbulb that emits light all around itself would be an omni light in 3ds Max. A desk lamp that shines light in a specific direction in a cone shape would be a spotlight. Each of the different standard lights casts light differently. We will look at the most commonly used lights.
3ds Max has a total of eight light types in its Standard Light collection. The following lights are in the collection:
Target spotlight
Target direct light
Free spotlight
Free direct light
Omni light
Skylight
mr area omni light
mr area spotlight
The last two on this list have the prefix “mr” to signify that they are mental ray–specific lights (see Chapter 16, “mental ray ...
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