Learning Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 Essentials

Lesson 23 | Lighting Effects

 

Introduction

In this lesson, you will learn about several lighting effects. These effects will help you add realism to your rendered scenes.

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Place a highlight on an object
• Use Color Bleed to enhance color effects
• Describe how Ambient Occlusion works
• Project an image with a light
• Use Volume lights to simulate light passing through mediums like liquid or smoke-filled air.

Place Highlight

Place Highlight is a tool that is used to place a light in such a way that it will create a highlight on the selected face of an object. The tool is found in the Align ...