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Lighting
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Eisklotz HDRIs Available Free!
Adrian Kubasa has made his HDRIs available free of charge. 29 of them, and most at 16K resolution. Varying in location and time of day.
Katana 3.0 Ready to Go!
Above all, the major viewport update in Katana 3.0 should be noticeable to everyone.
Isotropix: Clarisse 3.6 Release
The layout, lighting, rendering and compositing tool from Isotropix gets new features: here is an overview of the Clarisse 3.6 release!
Allan McKay: Decay VFX Training
New free VFX training from Allan McKay: This time there's a ten-hour session on how to realise this decay effect.
40 New Free 16K HDRIs
HDRI Haven with a total of 40 new environment maps: You can use them in 16K resoltuion for private and commercial purposes.
HDR Vault: 44 Free Maps
A new HDR library from Philip Modin with more than 44 free environment maps: Can be used for commercial and private purposes!
Lighting & Shading in Cinema 4D
Hardly anything contributes as much to a realistic look as light and shadow. A subject you can never know enough about, so here are a few pointers for further learning.
15 Hours of Fireball VFX Training
Free training: In this session, supervisor McKay provides 15 hours of training on creating a fireball shot from start to finish.
Shader & Lights Research with Arnold in C4D
Ken Ottmann conducted some shader and light studies with Arnold in Cinema 4D and makes the C4D project files available free of charge.
Project Felix: Create 3D Scenes Quickly & Easily
With Project Felix, graphic designers who are not 3D professionals can quickly and easily assemble product shots or 3D scenes. The 3D app is available to Adobe Creative Cloud members as an additional offering.
More Light! With Slik for Modo
The Studio Lighting & Illuminance Kit Slik was developed to expand Modo’s onboard lights. Download the free workshop here and bring light into the darkness.
Let There Be Light!
In the tutorial you will learn different lighting setups in Cinema 4D with Octane Renderer.
Katana 2.5—Now Also for Windows
The Foundry has released version 2.5 of the look development and lighting tool Katana; new features include support for Windows.
RenderMan 21 Is Here!
At the end of 2015, RenderMan 20 was released with the long-awaited Denoise Utility; now Pixar has added another helping of features with version 21.
Scrolling text in Cinema 4D
For example, 3D letters are created from glass, plastic and wood, the surface of which peels off - and there are also breakdowns on texturing and lighting.
“Inside Out” at FMX
“Inside Out” won this year's Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film and will feature in two FMX presentations, alongside more programme announcements.
HDR Light Studio 5.3 Released
Lightmap has added the new Area Lights feature to version 5.3 of the HDR Light Studio lighting tool.
Order SLIK 2 for Modo 20 Percent Cheaper
Today only, maconcept offers 20 percent off SLIK 2, a MODO studio-lighting kit with items, presets, scenes, materials and video tutorials.
New HDRI Source
HDRI Haven offers low-cost HDRIs, while the 1K versions can even be downloaded free of charge and without registration.
Lighting TD Demo Reel
And as sometimes happens in the film industry: In the summer reel, we see winter shots.
Katana 2 Released
The Foundry has rebuilt Katana from the ground up for version 2 with new look-development and lighting tools.
Guerilla Render 1.3
Mercenaries Engineering has released Guerilla Render version 1.3. Here is an overview of the new features.
Unreal Engine 4.6
Version 4.6 comes with 88 new features - including better lighting, better materials, built-in capture and playback, and new animation workflows.
Autodesk Vision Series
In the Vision Series, Autodesk looks at the future of VFX and its products. Two videos of around half an hour each provide information about Maya and the topic of "Lighting & Rendering.
Free HDRI Set
HDRI Hub is treating everyone to a round of free HDRIs! The set includes a nighttime city view with an 8K panorama and a 4K HDRI map as well as backplates.
Historical Decay
Review: In DP 01 : 2014 game developer Naughty Dog threw its heroes into a post-pandemic scenario with The Last of Us - but how were the lighting, texturing and motion capturing created?
Light Kit for Maxon Cinema 4D
Motion Squared has released its free Cinema 4D Light Kit Infinite. It is intended to make realistic renderers faster and easier to create.
Lighting workshop
Never enough time, too few hands, too much equipment...and still set good lighting?
Winnetou Rides Again
In the animated western THE LEGEND OF THE TREASURE IN SILVER LAKE, Karl May’s immortal heroes from the popular ARD series “Winnetoons” experience new adventures in the Apache hunting grounds—this time prepared for the big screen with elaborate action and special attention to detail.
dc days Talk: “Dramatic Lighting Design in a CG Feature Film”
Lighting is often perceived unconsciously, but it has an enormous effect on a scene.
dc days Talk: “Dramaturgical Lighting Design in CG Feature Films”
Light is often perceived subconsciously, yet it has an enormous effect on a scene.
Digieffects: New Product “Simulate: Illuma”
Digieffects launches its new "Simulate" product line with the "Simulate: Illuma" package.
Martin to Provide Lighting for the Summer Olympics in Beijing
On August 8, China will celebrate its arrival on the international sporting stage as host of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing's National Stadium. The festivities will be illuminated by more than 1,100 automated fixtures from Martin Professional.
weltenbauer. 3ds Max 2009 Training Including NodeJoe
Weltenbauer gets you up to speed with 3ds Max Design 2009. Participants learn how to create high-quality renderings and use the new light analysis tool and IES lights. And of course everything about the new ProMaterials, importing from Revit and Inventor, or "your" CAD package. And naturally plenty of tips and tricks for working more effectively with 3ds Max.
Weltenbauer works only with small groups. Everyone has their own practice computer, guaranteeing that participants make progress with 3ds Max. A full commercial version of the NodeJoe plug-in (worth 289 euros) is included, allowing materials to be assigned and adjusted more quickly.
Maxwell Render 1.5 Released (Update)
Major update to the rendering software from Next Limit Technologies now available to customers
Dosch Design Introduces New HDRI Collections
Dosch Design adds Industrial Reflections and Radiant Skies HDRI collections to its portfolio
Sachtler: Competence Center for Lighting Solutions
Sachtler aims to meet the constantly growing demands in the planning of television and film studios by establishing a Competence Center for "Studio Lighting Solutions" in Berlin.
Side Effects Releases Houdini 6
Houdini 6 adds asset-management improvements alongside updates to animation, lighting, compositing, particles and rendering.
Houdini 6 Early-Access Version Released
Side Effects gave Apprentice members early access to Houdini 6 with digital assets, character, lighting, rendering and training improvements.
Chromaflex Simplifies Chroma-Key Lighting
Reflecmedia’s Chromaflex, Chromatte and LiteRing system used reflective material and lens-mounted LEDs to reduce green-screen setup and lighting.
ECTS 2002: Bandits – Phoenix Rising
Bandits – Phoenix Rising combined vehicle combat, 22 missions and eight-player multiplayer in a post-nuclear world.
ECTS 2002: Rainbow Six – Raven Shield
Ubisoft previewed Rainbow Six – Raven Shield with Unreal Engine lighting, an emotive camera, weather effects and improved AI.
ECTS 2002: The Thing Video Game
Vivendi Universal previewed a squad-based action game continuing John Carpenter’s The Thing twenty years after the film.
Discreet presents 3ds max 5
The latest version of the animation software offers designers and artists new artistic possibilities and greater productivity