Ambient Occlusion

Ambient Occlusion

Instead of manually applying area lights, ambient occlusion automatically creates bounce lighting effects.

Let’s defy some physics!

Light Linking

Using the relationship editor, I made it so the light that was affecting the sphere and cylinder did not effect the ground plane, and vice versa: the light affecting the ground plane did not effect the shapes.

It puts the texture on it’s skin or else it gets the hose again

Sub Surface Scattering

A “skin” texture test of light passing through flesh

A more exaggerated colour scheme to further show off the effect

Sub Surface Scattering (sphere) in comparison to a Lambert (cylinder)

Lights III

Global Illumination

Final gathering added. Light and colour from the Image Based Lighting (IBL) is being reflected onto the surface of the shape.

Global Illumination + glow emmission from the IBL. The lower cylinder has been coloured red to emphasis the global illumination. The colour now shines on the lower parts of the sphere.

Maya Exercises – Lighting

3 Point Lighting:

One light used at the back that will highlight the edge of the shape

Second spotlight added to accentuate the rest of the shape and give us an idea of volume

Third spotlight added to fill out the rest of the black areas, to make the shape more 3 dimensional and to add bounce lighting.

More lighting

Glass shading

Glass shader with a thick physical glass texture and image based lighting

Thin glass texture with image based lighting