LIGHT AND SHADOWBy : Jannapu Reddy Vamshidher Reddy

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LIGHT IN REAL WORLD

• Parts facing light source or illuminated• Part which is not facing light is dark

INDIRECT(GLOBAL) VS DIRECT ILLUMINATION

ADJUST LIGHT SOURCE

• Window>Attribute Editor> Hypershade light

• Create various light sources adjust quality of those lights

• Attribute Editor and the Channel Box

• Create a Maya light source

• Attributes adjust the light source

• Move a light source to another location

SHADOWS

• By default lights do not cast shadows in maya.

• You can specify which light cast shadows and choose which method maya uses to generate them .

• Ray tracing and depth maps.

• Control which objects casts shadows.

• For glows, halos or lens flares.

• Create light effects > create a light optical effect.

DIFFERENT LIGHTS AVAILABLE IN MAYA

• Create > Lights > Directional Light

• Create > Lights > Ambient Light

• Create > Lights > Area Light

• Create > Lights > Point Light

• Create > Lights > Spot Light

• Create > Lights > Volume Light

REFERENCE

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_3zJyrM5M4

• http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2010/05/sellers.jpg

• Ed Catherall. Exploring Light. Exploring Science Series. Wayland, East Sussex, England, 1989. 48 p. ISBN 1-85210-703-0.

• Neil Ardley. The Science Book of Light. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.

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