Control light intensity decay over distance.
- [Narrator] Arnold obeys physical laws,…but also gives us the freedom to art direct…the look of our lighting, using physical parameters,…just like a real cinematographer or photographer would.…Also, to a considerable extent we are…permitted to bend or break physical laws…to achieve our desired production goals.…In lighting, one of the primary concerns…is control over attenuation or light decay.…In physics, this is described…by the so called inverse square law.…
It states that a radiant energy source…will diminish in intensity, according…to the inverse square of the distance.…In Maya terms this is known as a Quadratic Decay.…In Arnold version five, point spot…area and mesh lights all use Quadratic Decay.…The decay rate setting that you may…be familiar with in the Maya light attributes is ignored.…Intensity curves do work correctly,…but the effect of the intensity curve…is combined with the Arnold decay.…
For physically accurate illumination…with omni directional light sources…then we need Quadratic Decay.…However, many lighting instruments…
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Released
7/31/2017- Arnold rendering concepts
- Lighting with Maya and Arnold lights
- Controlling exposure
- Filtering light with Gobo
- Light attenuation with Decay
- Image-based lighting with Skydome
- Exterior daylight with Physical Sky
- Arnold Standard Surface material attributes
- Mapping material attributes
- Rendering refractions
- Mesh subdivision and displacement at render time
- Shading effects such as ambient occlusion and vertex color
- Camera effects such as fisheye and depth of field
- Animation image sequence rendering
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 5s
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Using the exercise files4m 13s
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Updating the Arnold plugin2m 45s
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1. Concepts
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Course prerequisites2m 11s
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Introducing Arnold4m 24s
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Arnold rendering concepts3m 43s
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Balancing sampling and Ray Depth10m 44s
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2. Studio Lighting
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Controlling camera exposure2m 43s
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Rigging a spot light4m 53s
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Focusing a spot light7m 40s
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Adding suffuse illumination4m 12s
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3. Natural and Environmental Lighting
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4. Materials and Mapping
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5. Rendering
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Rendering a panorama4m 17s
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Rendering an image sequence6m 27s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 2s
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Video: Attenuation with Light Decay filter