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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Who Should Read This Book?
Software Requirements
About This Edition
Download Additional Files
[Chapter One] Fundamentals of Lighting Design
Motivation
Cheating
Visual Goals of Lighting Design
Lighting Challenges
Your Workspace
Creative Control
[Chapter Two] Lighting Basics and Good Practices
Starting the Creative Process
Types of Lights
Adjusting Controls and Options
Exercises
[Chapter Three] Shadows and Occlusion
The Visual Functions of Shadows
The Appearance of Shadows
Shadow Algorithms
Occlusion
Faking Shadows and Occlusion
Exercises
[Chapter Four] Lighting Environments and Architecture
Creating Daylight
Working with Indoor Natural Light
Practical Lights
Night Scenes
Distance and Depth
Exercises
[Chapter Five] Lighting Creatures, Characters, and Animation
Modeling with Light
Three-Point Lighting
Functions of Lights
Issues in Lighting Character Animation
Exercises
[Chapter Six] Cameras and Exposure
F-Stops and Depth of Field
Shutter Speed and Motion Blur
Film Speed and Film Grain
Photographic Exposure
Matching Lens Imperfections
Exercises
[Chapter Seven] Composition and Staging
Types of Shot
Camera Angles
Improving Your Composition
Framing for Film and Video
Exercises
[Chapter Eight] The Art and Science of Color
Working in a Linear Workflow
Color Mixing
Developing Color Schemes
Using Color Balance
Working with Digital Color
Exercises
[Chapter Nine] Shaders and Rendering Algorithms
Shading Surfaces
Anti-Aliasing
Raytracing
Reyes Algorithms
Global Illumination
Caustics
Exercises
[Chapter Ten] Designing and Assigning Textures
Mapping Surface Attributes
Aligning Maps with Models
Creating Texture Maps
Using Procedural Textures
Exercises
[Chapter Eleven] Rendering in Layers and Passes for Compositing
Rendering in Layers
Rendering in Passes
Matching Live-Action Background Plates
Managing Colors in Your Composite
Choosing Your Approach
Exercises
[Chapter Twelve] Production Pipelines and Professional Practices
Production Pipelines
Lighting on Larger Productions
Advancing in Your Career
Appendix: Getting a Job in 3D Graphics
A Lighting Showreel
Do I Need to Specialize?
Technical Directors
Internal Promotion
Job Security
Index
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