Essential CG Lighting Techniques with 3ds Max, 2nd Edition

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‘Light and illumination are inseparable components of form, space and light. These are the things that create ambience and feel of a place, as well as the expression of a structure that houses the functions within it and around it. Light renders texture, illuminates surface, and provides sparkle and life.’

Le Corbusier

 

 

 

Lighting’s vital role is understood across a whole spectrum of disciplines, from animation to architecture, film to photography. The modernist architect Le Corbusier, quoted above, perhaps sums up the considerable role it plays most poetically. Though speaking about architecture, ...