Digital Lighting and Rendering (2nd Edition) ([digital]) | ![Digital Lighting and Rendering (2nd Edition) ([digital]) at Amazon.com](http://bublos.com/img_bub/amazon.com-88x21.gif)
| ![ISBN: 0321316312 - Digital Lighting and Rendering (2nd Edition) ([digital])](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qr7sSuTjL._SL160_.jpg) | | | Title: | Digital Lighting and Rendering (2nd Edition) ([digital]) | | Author: | Jeremy Birn | | Publisher: | New Riders Press | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 07 May, 2006 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0321316312 / 9780321316318 | | List Price: | $55.00 | | You Save: | $20.35 | | Amazon Price: | $34.65 | |
 This book is also available, brand-new, from 3rd-party marketplace sellers at Amazon.com, from $32.15. |
The HTML code below can be pasted onto your web-site, your MySpace page, or blog - or any number of similar places - to create a link to this page: If, instead of a text link, you'd like to create a link to this page which will display the book cover, if it's available, then the code below will do exactly that:
Check for the same book at these other US book sites:
• [ Abebooks ] • [ Alibris ] • [ Barnes & Noble ] • [ Half.com ] • [ Powells ] … or check UK bookstores
| Editorial Review / Publisher's Information:
Product Description
Crafting a perfect rendering in 3D software means nailing all the details. And no matter what software you use, your success in creating realistic-looking illumination, shadows and textures depends on your professional lighting and rendering techniques. In this lavishly illustrated new edition, Pixar's Jeremy Birn shows you how to:
- Master Hollywood lighting techniques to produce professional results in any 3D application
- Convincingly composite 3D models into real-world environments
- Apply advanced rendering techniques using subsurface scattering, global illumination, caustics, occlusion, and high dynamic range images
- Design realistic materials and paint detailed texture maps
- Mimic real-life camera properties such as f-stops, exposure times, depth-of-field, and natural color temperatures for photorealistic renderings
- Render in multiple passes for greater efficiency and creative control
- Understand production pipelines at visual effects and animation studios
- Develop your lighting reel to get a job in the industry
| Other Items You May Enjoy:
Browse Books From These Related Subjects:
Customer Reviews:
• Buen Libro Sobre Tecnicas De Iluminacion 02 June, 2008
jeremy es un excelente profesional y en este libro nos demuestra nuevamente los conceptos y tecnicas vigentes en el desarrollo de un buen proyecto 3d.
Se centra mucho en conceptos de iluminacion indirecta..final gather, ambient occlusion y mental ray.
Muy buen libro..ojala que pronto saque una nueva edicion.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A17IFFJ5IM752S
• Very Different From 1st Edition, Well Worth The New Purchase 02 December, 2008
As others have said in their reviews, this is a very good update. Birn's experience over the last few years, especially at Pixar have given us even more to learn from. I've been lighting in games CG for 10 years and have learned new insights into different working methods and techniques from this book.
The author does a great job of making the book non-software specific and gives a lot of jumping off points for further research. The biggest omission is a lack of coverage of video game/real-time lighting techniques. While a lot of these skills can be carried over, most of the techniques in the book focus on shot-based lighting.
Thankfully, the written content of the book is of high a quality as the techniques described within. All too often CG tech books are poorly written and edited. This one does not suffer due to the amount of effort and skill put into it.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2HGFL26Z74C2Y
• Digital-lighting & Rendering- Jeremy Birn 09 June, 2008
An excellent book for those artists with some experience in 3D model making and experience in either traditional art and/photography. As a professional illustrator with 25 years experience in airbrushing, 15 of those years in 2d computer art and 8 years in 3D ,this book has provided me with many revelations. This book spends a lot of time detailing proper lighting for organic subject matter, architecture, and technical renderings. Subjects included are lighting basics, shadow types, , environments, color, and production pipelines . Jeremy Birn does a great job of preparing the reader to create 3D images that exhibit a thorough knowledge of lighting for a 3D environment. Highly recommended!
- Reviewed by customer ID: AG917L5OJISXB
• Love This Book 15 October, 2008
I used DAZ Studio and while this book is not software specific, I found it extremely helpful and noticed a big improvement in my art once I understood about light placement on 3D models. It also had a nice section on composition. I found it easy to understand, not too technical and it answered so many of my questions. I highly recommend this book.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AEAGGQ108MJL0
• Unfocussed Content 17 December, 2008
This book doesn't address a specific audience. If it's intended for a professional audience, the first part of the book is fluff and useless. If it's intended for amateurs, then it's written above their heads. For example, one piece of advice is to "make sure you don't clip" an image. The book does not clarify this statement for amateurs, and it does not say HOW to do this for professionals (which is what both groups would want!) The "Exercises" are again just fluff: "hey, man look around you." A professionally-written book these days should include a CD of files (examples, stuff to play with, before and after scenes or images, focussed tutorials). It is just inexcusable for a lack of a CD to play with or learn from. I am bitterly disappointed with this book. To be sure, there are gems along the way: the item on converting HDR probe files using Photoshop is superb (because it is practical advice), but such gems are few and far between. I am a professional instructional designer, and this book get a failing grade for (a) failing to address a specific audience, and (b) failing to be practical for that audience. If you want to feel you're in with the "in"-crowd by hearing industry jargon, then this is the book for you. If you want solid, practical advice or instruction to improve your CG skills, look elsewhere.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AH5GQ37JSVBXK
|
