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3CG Lights Examined

‘We are storytellers, and we tell our stories with light and sound. Take away the light and all you’ve got is a radio show. We paint with light. It gives depth and presence to a scene and creates mood. In order to paint with light you first need to see it in all of its nuance and spectrum.’

Scott Billups: Digital Moviemaking

Lights in CG

There is a vast difference between lighting a scene and merely illuminating it. All you have to do to illuminate a scene is create a single point light and it’s illuminated. Lighting is a different matter entirely, relying on the careful ...

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