Autodesk ALIAS 2010 - An Overview of Lights Used in Alias; Part 3: Lighting the Scene

Part 3: Lighting the Scene
Opening the tutorial file (optional)
If you successfully completed Part 2, proceed to the next step: An overview
of lights used in Alias below.
If you were not successful in part 2, open the file called
Render_Basics_part3.wire, located in the wire directory of the CourseWare
project. This file contains the completed model from Part 2.
Watch Part 3 of the tutorial.
An overview of lights used in Alias
Lights illuminate objects. If your scene contains no lights, it will render entirely
black.
There are different types of lights you can use:
■ Ambient Light
■ Directional Light
■ Spotlight
■ Point Light
■ Linear Light
■ Area Light
■ Volume Light
For most of your scenes, you will use one Ambient light and either a
Directional light or Spotlight for the main lighting effects. Additional
lights may be used occasionally, to create special lighting effects or to fill in
dark areas.
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