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Just a few notes on a lighting phenomena that you should keep in mind when setting up your lights.

A case study in uses for Caustics.

Placing Key, Fill, and Back lights in 3D.

Realistic color chart for 3D lights.

Light indoors has a very different character to that found outside, mostly down to the lack of direct sunlight found indoors.

The direction that we view a light source from has a profound effect on our perception of it, and on how the objects in a scene will appear.

Natural light comes in a wide range of different flavours, and the difference between them can be enormous.

There seems to be very little information available in detailed form on what appears to me to be a crucial subject for artists of all kinds: light in all the guises in which we encounter it on a daily basis. I've read countless books dealing with digital and traditional art and the subject of light only ever seems to be touched.

This tutorial is intended to be general in nature and is supposed to apply to almost every 3d package out there.

Have you ever found an artist that has a certain style that you love?