Cinema 4D Apprentice

Lights

Lighting from A to Z

  In This Lesson

lighting basics

shadow maps

hard shadows

area shadows

inverse volumetrics and using the target tag

infinite lights

area lights

ies lights

lighting an exterior scene

lighting an interior scene

ambient occlusion

global illumination

lighting an interior scene with gi

lighting a product with traditional techniques

image-based lighting

creating a gi lighting rig

Lighting Basics

As we begin to delve into lights in CINEMA 4D, it’s important to get a solid understanding of the basics. In this first section we will look at the basic parameters that control how lights illuminate and appear with C4D. As we go through ...