Lighting Tutorials

The tutorials in this section show you how to set the mood and create dramatic lighting effects for scenes built in 3ds Max Design.

There is also a tutorial on how to analyze the lighting of a model by using the Lighting Analysis Assistant.

A nighttime scene with artificial lighting

Features Covered in This Section

- Creation of a Daylight system to illuminate a scene with geographic accuracy.
- Daylight illumination of building interiors using the Sky Portal.
- Exposure control.
- Shadow creation and definition.
- Nighttime illumination using adjustable photometric lights.
- How to use the Lighting Analysis Assistant.

#### Topics in this section

- Lighting and Rendering the Villa in Daylight

  In this tutorial, the scene of the Mediterranean villa requires lighting conditions for early, mid, and late-day illumination.

- Lighting and Rendering the Villa at Night

  In this tutorial, you will illuminate the mediterranean villa by night.

- Indoor Lighting Analysis

  The 3ds Max Design Lighting Analysis feature can help you evaluate how interior or exterior space is illuminated at different times of the day, or how interiors are affected by various man-made lighting systems.