August 2007
Intermediate to advanced
1008 pages
21h 13m
English
Fabio Pellacini Dartmouth College
Miloš Hašan Cornell University
Kavita Bala Cornell University
Cinematic lighting design is the process artists use for defining the look of each frame in a feature film by carefully setting all the parameters of the light shaders. Rendering high-quality images interactively for cinematic lighting is becoming a necessity, but it remains a challenge due to the complex data sets used in production rendering.
For faster user feedback, relighting engines were developed to take advantage of the fact that lighting artists are often interested in changing light parameters during lighting design—not the camera, objects, or materials. Relighting ...