Categories: Animation

3D Lightning COURSE

INTRODUCTION

3D Lightning Course is a career Program intended to cater to the increasing demand of skilled and quality manpower for the ever-growing domestic and International VFX industry. This course is aimed at equipping students with the basic and fundamental skill sets needed for creating realistic and seamless renders using all lights functions available in a computer software.

OBJECTIVE

The 3D Lighting Course is a course that would help 3D Students learn how to effectively Create light effects in a 3D scene to simulate sunlight, exterior lights, and interior lights while applying all the principles pertaining to the Natural behavior of light.

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction to Lighting
Creating Light rigs
The HDRI Workflow
Using HDRI Lighting
Studio Lighting
Guerilla Lighting

COURSE BREAKDOWN

MODULE 1

Introduction to Lighting

Various types of Light overview
Attributes of Light in 3D software
Aim lights
Spotlights
Using Depth map shadows
Light and Shadow linking
Ambient light
Volumetric Light
Light glows and Lens Flares
Reflection and Refraction
Simulating Light sources

MODULE 2

Creating Light rigs

Light basics
Light attributes
Three-point lighting
Shaders and light color
Light linking
Lighting Adjustments

MODULE 3

HDRI Workflow

High Dynamic Range Image properties
Use of Camera for HDR images
Mirrored Ball Image Capture
Fisheye lens image capture
Panoramic HDR Images
Use of Mental Ray in Lighting
Image-based Lighting
Final Gather Flickering Minimization

MODULE 4

Using HDRI Lighting

High Dynamic Range Image
Movie Lighting simulation
Virtual Set Creation
Ground Shadow application
The use of HDR light studio
Background synthesis Alteration
The use of Dark lights

MODULE 5

Studio Lighting

Setting up light sources
Light decay
Lighting of Reflective objects
Studio Lighting

MODULE 6

Guerilla Lighting

What is Guerilla Lighting
Gamma Correction
Indirect Sky Lighting
Direct Lighting
Window Lighting
Ambient Lighting
Linear workflow of Lighting.

BY THE END OF THE 3D rendering COURSE, STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO

Effectively make use of the major 3D Lighting software
Use the 3D lighting skill set to create visual effects with lights in a simulated environment or a pre-recorded footage
Create realistic lighting scenes to make realistic renders.

SOFTWARE/ PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE COVERED