Further Lighting Practice
Lighting professionals in the CG field are called on to find the most efficient way to light a scene and bring it to the peak of its beauty. Again, this only comes from experience. The best way to learn about lighting is to light some scenes. The best way to become a crackerjack lighting artist is to spend months and years honing your eye and practicing the latest procedures, such as HDR lighting.
The file still_life_v01.mb in the Lighting project on the CD contains the scene of the still life with no lights so you can play with lighting and shadow methods as well as light linking to create some extra focus on some parts ...
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