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Pixar in a Box
Course: Pixar in a Box > Unit 3
Lesson 1: Introduction to lighting- Art of lighting overview
- Light quality
- Activity 1: Seeing light and color
- Light roles
- Activity 2: Lighting an orange (physical)
- Virtual lights
- Activity 3: Lighting an orange (virtual)
- Character Lighting
- Activity 4: Lighting a character
- Color scripts
- Activity 5: Color scripts
- Master Lighting
- Activity 6: Master lighting
- Shot lighting
- Activity 7: Shot lighting
- Getting to know Kim White
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Activity 3: Lighting an orange (virtual)
Matching lighting
Look at how this orange has been lit.
Use the program below to match the lighting as best you can.
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- Is the image used for the orange a 3D image or a 2D image with added texture?(46 votes)
- I assume these are all rendered in an internal render engine, with simple textures and bump maps that add detail.(2 votes)
- i can't see any thing in this program . can anyone help me(28 votes)
- Same here is says: "Your Program Is Taking A Bit To Long To Run. Perhaps You Have A Mistake In Your Code"(5 votes)
- How can you make digital light it sounds pretty complicated
:l(9 votes)- How to make digital light is explained in the 'Rendering (ray tracer)' tutorials.
A very simple 2D example would be a program with a line (ray of light) and an ellipse. If the line intersects with the ellipse, the point of intersection would be 'lit'.(14 votes)
- This is how close I could get it.
Horizontal light angle:180
Vertical light angle:15
Light intensity:0.8
Light size:40
Light color:between white and blue(15 votes) - How is the light being used in this image?(9 votes)
- You can change all the elements, increase the light size if you want a smoother shadow, increase the light color if you want a bluer light, etc.(1 vote)
- so how are the able to even make this?(4 votes)
- They build from a simple idea of drawing an orange, to the complex idea of tracking the motion of each light wave/particle, to a simpler idea based of of the concept of tracking each ray of light.(5 votes)
- i need help this keeps poping up Oh noes!
A function is taking too long to run. Perhaps you have a mistake in your code? :( :((4 votes)- It can help to 1.) refresh, or 2.) Log out and log back in. I hope this helps!!(2 votes)
- I got:
-Horizontal light angle: 180
Vertical light angle: 26
Light intensity: 0.58
Light size:60
Light colour: White with a slight blue tint
It's not exact, but it's as close as I could get. ☺(3 votes) - It’s pitch black what should I do(2 votes)
- i put the light tensity at 0.61 but i don't see the change can u help me(2 votes)