Digital Lighting and Rendering

Digital Lighting contains strategies for lighting design that are relevant to any digital artist. It presents an awareness of computer lighting models, how they differ from real-world lighting effects, and how to approach 3D lighting projects differently from practical light. Topics covered include: What good lighting can do for you; Light sources; Shading; Shadows; Exposure and content; Color: temperature, correction, mood; Qualities of light; 3-point lighting; Indirect illumination; Multipass rendering and compositing; Lighting in production; and Case studies: natural lighting, interior lighting, character lighting, and effects lighting.

Jeremy Birn is an expert Softimage and AliasWavefront user whose Web site is inundated with users seeking advice on lighting and animation. Most recently, Jeremy worked as Animation Director for Palomar Pictures, where he worked on such productions as the Honda Logo commercial, Robin Cook's Invasion mini-series, MTV's "ZooTV", the piranha commercial for Southwestern Bell, and more. Currently, he is a freelancer, promoting his "Secrets of Softimage 3D" video, which has been warmly received by the Softimage community.