Lighting - MAXON CINEMA 4D R16 Studio: A Tutorial Approach - page 237

Chapter 6
Lighting
Learning Objectives
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
• Add lights to a scene
• Illuminate a scene
• Add Physical Sky to a scene
INTRODUCTION
In computer graphics, lighting plays a vital role in defining the look of a scene. Lighting is
primarily used to produce the effect of light and shadows. Also, you can add depth to the
scene by using advanced lighting techniques. There are seven types of lights available in
CINEMA 4D. All the lights are treated as objects, and can be transformed, deleted, and du-
plicated.
TUTORIALS
Before you start the tutorials of this chapter, you need to download the
c06_cinema4d_r16_tut.zip file from www.cadcim.com . The path of the file is as follows:
Textbooks > Animation and Visual Effects > MAXON CINEMA 4D > MAXON CINEMA 4D
R16 Studio: A Tutorial Approach
Next, you need to browse to \Documents\c4dr16 and create a new folder in it with the name
c06 . Next, extract the contents of the zip file in this folder.
Tutorial 1
In this tutorial, you will illuminate a scene using the torch light , as shown in Figure 6-1. (Ex-
pected time: 15 min)