Learning Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 Foundation

 

 

Lesson 20Basic Lighting

Lighting is an essential part of the visual process. Autodesk^® 3ds Max^® software offers a variety of ways to achieve proper lighting. In this lesson, you’ll learn about the basics of creating primary light sources, and how you can improve the lighting of your scenes by adding secondary light sources to achieve a better range of tones in your final rendered palette.

In this lesson, you will learn the following:

• Understand ambient light and how to fake it;

• How to use the standard light types in 3ds Max;

• How to adjust shadow parameters and set different shadow types;

• How to use a three-point lighting approach to ...