Lighting

Lighting is essential for producing realistic rendered images, since light determines what you see. All light source placement and editing features are available with the Define Light tool. For photo-realistic rendering, the use of IES lighting files is recommended.

This chapter covers the following topics:

Lighting Types
Creating Light Sources
Predefined light sources
Modifying Light Sources
Define Light
Creating lighting setups
Lighting
Global Lighting
Shadows
Lighting considerations for photorealism