wes Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 I am fairly new to Lightwave and I have been trying to find books aimed towards architecture and architecture visualization, with no luck. Most of the books I have picked up are mainly for charcter animation. I am having a diffcult time with creating realistic lighting. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwright Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 Let me do some research about books. Will post soon. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quatermain Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 there aren't any specifically that i know of. I'm going through Boughen's lighting book, but it doesn't have any specific tips for interior work. popular books like Dan Ablan's Inside LW7, and Albee's new Essential LW have architectural modeling exercises, but nothing on interior scene lighting. The MIR studios interview sheds some light on their workflow; their strategy is to turn up the radiosity to 3-4 bounces. it doesn't look like they do it in passes - just straight up. they use skytracer a lot ingo has a great tutorial on radiosity and front projection mapping: http://www.im-graphics.de/p/te.html except for mir-studios, i really haven't seen that much interior work with LW radiosity. please post links if you have any. i'm currently working on some of my first interiors w/ radiosity. we could figure it out together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supaslims Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Howdy, - 3D Lighting, History, Concepts & Techniques - Arnold Gallardo - Charles River Media, ISBN 1-58450-038-7 This is a book i picked up in the bargain bin of a local bookstore for $10, It was written for use with LW 5.6 :ebiggrin: But dont let that put you off. What it will do is give you a solid base for understanding how to achieve great effects without radiosity in LW (though it also refers to Truespace and 3DSM) There is a large section dedicated to architectural lighting, interior lighting, light aray setup and so on. I realy got alot out of this book because it was geared towards environmental lighting and forced me to learn about lighting in LW the hard way...which was a good thing, i think Hope you can still find it! It's also got a test drive of Reel Motion on the CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted July 20, 2003 Share Posted July 20, 2003 Hello If everything goes well, we will release 2 DVDs for LW/LS for Architects very soon. The first DVD is about fast and detailed modelling in LW (architectural). The second one is for Lighting in LW and LS. No release date or prices available yet, but some parts of both DVDs are allready finished. Richie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes Posted July 24, 2003 Author Share Posted July 24, 2003 Thanks for the help. I have recently just purchased Inside Lightwave. So I will try out a couple of there projects and let you guys know, thanks. Also I would be intrested in trying out an interior model shot. I am in the process of generating a interior model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes Posted July 24, 2003 Author Share Posted July 24, 2003 Thanks for the help. I have recently just purchased Inside Lightwave. So I will try out a couple of there projects and let you guys know, thanks. Also I would be intrested in trying out an interior model shot. I am in the process of generating a interior model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quatermain Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Richie, that sounds exciting. Any more details/schedule of release? I'm very interested in the 2nd set - LW & LS. Let me know if you need testers : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yog Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I'd just like to throw in my support for this project. Can't wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen gilbert Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 where can i find the website for mir studios? steve g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgarcia Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Newtek Europe interview MIR Visuals homepage nice stuff. Xavier [ August 14, 2003, 02:59 PM: Message edited by: xgarcia ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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