Introduction

• Light and Shadow in real world
• Absorption, reflection and refraction of light

Basic Lighting Techniques

• Basic Three point Lighting (Key light, fill light and Back light
• Indoor Lighting (Indirect, Global Illumination & Volumetric Light)
• Outdoor Lighting (Sun, Moon Light, Color, Temperature & Time)

Shadows

• Depth mapped shadows
• Raytraced shadows

Rendering

• Software Rendering (Maya)
• Mental Ray Rendering
• Render Layers (Render passes)
• Renders global settings

Lights in CG

• Point, Area & Spot Light
• Directional Light
• Ambient Light
• Volume Light