Lighting in 3D Animation Productions

Soon-Hyun Kim

Division of Media

Ajou University

Contents

• 3D Animation pipeline• Lighting (stage, characters, environment)• Lighting effect• Difficult problems• Preview tools• Preview rendering tips• Related work• Ajou relighting project• Summery

3D Animation Pipeline

Modeling Character Riging Animating Shading Lighting

Lighting

• Stage lighting

• Character lighting

• Environment lighting

Lighting

• Stage lighting

Lighting

• Character lighting

Lighting

• Environment lighting(HDRI)

Lighting Effect

• Light attributes– Intensity– Direction– Color– Size

Lighting Effect (Cont.)

• Intensity

Lighting Effect (Cont.)

• Direction

Lighting Effect (Cont.)

• Color

Lighting Effect (Cont.)

• Light source size