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Lighting

Cycle: Quality Criteria

Ph: Milan Chudoba
Pr: Budapest


Lighting is responsible for:
  • Atmosphere and mood
  • Compositional accents
  • Additional detailing

Light can be divided into three categories:

1 Fill Light
Responsible for this are HDRI maps. Typically, these are spherical photographs with a wide color range, allowing the reproduction of light from the HDRI map in renders. Besides light, they also mirror reflections, achieving high realism.

2 Directed Lighting
HDRI maps do not always provide the necessary contrast, hence the addition of a tool-sun. In the latest versions of Corona, the default sun has a good built-in HDRI, which for midday lighting allows the use of standard lighting.

3 Local Light Sources
These include various lanterns, interior lighting, etc. There are many ways to recreate a light source. It is important to remember that each light is a load on the scene, and an excess can lead to scene crashes.
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