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“Christopher Nichols
is one of the rare artists who understands lighting
equally well from its aesthetic and scientific perspectives.”
- Paul Debevec
ICT
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In this lecture on the subject of Global
Illumination lighting techniques, Christopher Nichols discusses
the subject of exterior lighting. This DVD covers a general
introduction to the principles of Global Illumination, which
are essential to the understanding of this specialized form
of lighting. While the series primarily uses V-Ray as the render
engine in a 3ds Max environment, those using other GI renderers
will also benefit from the conceptual techniques described.
From the general concepts of reflected specular and diffuse
light, to sky lights and image based lighting with HDRIs, Christopher
shows how to light scenes using real world lighting in a fully
reflective environment. He also demonstrates how to tackle
the issues of animation by finding the most optimal way to
bake lighting for exterior sets. This series is geared toward
the CG artist that already has an intermediate understanding
of direct lighting and is making the transition to GI lighting.
Over 3 hours of lecture.
Product Code: CNI01
Principles of Global
Illumination
Specular and Diffuse Reflection
Comparison of Different Techniques
Sky Lights
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Image Based Lighting
Using HDRIs
Animation Issues in GI
Baking Lighting Animation
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01: It Is All About Reflection
02: Methods of Producing Diffuse Scatter
03: Environment Light
04: Image Based Lighting
05: Lighting an Exterior Scene
06: Changing the Mood
07: The Problem with Animation
08: Animation for Large Scenes
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view a sample clip from this DVD. Note that while this
clip is 640x480 the actual movie size is 1024x768 with
higher quality compression . View the stills to the right
to see the actual resolution.
Christopher Nichols received a Bachelors in Mathematics
and Fine Arts from Colgate University. He went on to get a Masters of
Architecture from Rice University, where as a lecturer he taught the
principles of architectural visualization and animation. After a long
career in architecture, Christopher entered the world of feature film
visual effects, specializing in color and lighting. Having spent several
years at Digital Domain, Christopher has credits on such movies as The
Day After Tomorrow, I, Robot, and Stealth. He
is now a Senior Lighting Technical Director at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
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