Lighting
At ACCAD:
Start/Programs/Maya Learning Tools/Lighting
Introducing Maya 2009: Chapter 10, Maya Lighting
Goals of Lighting (based on Sharon Callahan's Pixel Cinematography)
- Direct viewer's attention
- Creating Depth, Volume and Ground
- Conveying Time of Day
- Enhancing Mood
- Enhancing Character Personality
Three Point Lighting
http://www.3drender.com/light/3point.html
http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net/3point.html
Maya Lights:
Spotlight- most versatile
Point Light
Directional Light
Area Light
Maya Light Properties:
Type
Color
Intensity
Emit Diffuse/Specular
Decay (quadratic simulates physical light decay)
Spotlight: Cone Angle (10-80 recommended)
Spotlight: Penumbra
Light Glow (clicking checker box starts Optical Effects tab, where light visibility, glow, lens flare and star effect can be set up)
Light Fog
Shadow Properties:
Color
Depth Map Resolution (256-512 recommended)
Filter size (3-6 recommended)
Window/Relationship Editors/Light Linking
In-class work on Project 2
Render Settings to check:
| Common Tab: | |
| File Name | |
| Frame/Animation Extention -name.ext (Single Frame) -name.#.ext or name#.ext for a sequence of frames) -name.ext(Multi Frame) |
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| Image Format (tiff, targa for single frames, avi for a movie) Start and End Frames Frame Padding set to 3 |
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| Renderable Camera | |
| Image Size (640x480) | |
| Maya Software Tab | |
| Production Quality or higher |
Render/Batch Render
Learn to render using ACCAD's DISTRIBUTED RENDER farm.
Project 2 is due on November 17, 10am
Check list:
1. At least one polygon modeling and NURBS modeling tool used in the modeling process.
2. At least one shader incorporates textures.
3. Lighting setup based on three point lighting.
4. At least one texture or light property animated.
5. AVI or Quicktime movie rendered. (Render AVI movie directly from Maya).