Tuesday, October 2, 2012

CG Lighting Tutorials and Resources

This post mainly exists so that I can compile all of the lighting resources I find into one meaningful location, but hopefully it will be of some use to you as well.

Richard On, whose work really speaks for itself, has compiled a four-part series on lighting:
mister3d has compiled a lively discussion from the CG Talk Lighting & Shaders forum into a useful primer on the science of CG with a focus on the physics of light and how it is typically represented by 3D programs.

Jeremy Birn who currently works as a lighting TD at Pixar has written the book on CG Lighting: "Digital Lighting and Rendering".

Kodak has written a newsletter that is a good introduction to the basics of lighting for film.

Articles & Interviews with working professionals:
Key Tips for Lighting by Cosku Turhan (Sony Pictures Imageworks)
New Trends in CG Lighting Matthias Menz (Weta)

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