This production-centric course will explore a variety of lighting techniques, and how to get the most out of XSI’s lighting tools. The first half of the course will focus primarily on the technical skills required to light a shot,while the second half will apply these skills to real world scenarios and explore ways to enhance storytelling through lighting. The class will be taught by Lucas Martell, a freelance visual effects artist best known for his video podcast about the making of his animated short film “Pigeon: Impossible.”

Professor: Lucas Martell
Class 1: Lighting Techniques: Lighting a basic scene with 3 different techniques: a traditional setup, global illumination, and HDR. Special attention will be paid to the strengths and weaknesses of each technique and their place in modern production pipelines.

Class 2: Multipass Lighting: This class covers the basics of passes, partitions and overrides. It follows the process of lighting a simple shot from scratch using a multi-pass approach, compositing with XSI FXTree, and then tweaking settings to improve the look of the shot. We also cover basic mental ray settings, establishing a light-rig for texturing purposes, and tips for dealing with XSI’s pass editor.

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