Using lighting

In Chapter 3, Controlling the Lamp, the Camera, and Animating Objects and Chapter 5, Building a Simple Boat, we looked at the lights and you got a little chance to play around with them. Now we will take a more in-depth look at using light.

Pop quiz— remembering about lighting

Here's a refresher from what you learned in Chapter 5, Building a Simple Boat to get your mind thinking of light again:

1. Which light gives the same lighting no matter where the lamp is placed?

   • a. Spot

   • b. Sun

   • c. Area

2. Which lights are dimmer the farther away the lamp is?

   • a. Spot and Hemi

   • b. Sun and Area

   • b. Point and Spot

3. The Spot lamp is like a:

   • a. Light bulb

   • b. Theatrical light

   • c. Fluorescent light

Lighting with three lights

The three point lighting method provides a simple and easy-to-use method of lighting a scene. And when you understand it, you will have a solid foundation for creating more complex lighting.

What the three lights represent are the three stages in setting up the lighting:

• Setting up the general lighting...