This chapter discusses interior lighting in 3ds Max 2015, covering recognizing different types of lights, lighting a still life scene with spotlights and omni lights, selecting shadow types, creating atmospheres and volumetric lighting effects, and using the Light Lister tool. Key topics include spotlight and omni lights, choosing shadow maps or raytraced shadows, adding volume lights and adjusting their parameters, and editing multiple lights at once through the Light Lister palette.

1. 3ds Max 2015 Essentials
Chapter 13: Introduction to Lighting:
Interior Lighting

2. 3ds Max topics covered in this
chapter include the following:
• Recognize 3ds Max lights
• Light a still life
• Select shadow types
• Create atmospheres and effects
• Utilize the Light Lister tool
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3. Recognize 3ds Max Lights
• Default Lights
• Standard Lights
– Target/Free
Spotlight
– Target/Free
Direct Light
– Omni Light
– Skylight
– mr Area Omni
Light
– mr Area
Spotlight
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4. Light a still life
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• Create
Spotlight and
position
above the
table as the
key light.
• Add Omni
light as the
fill light.

5. Select shadow types
• Use shadows to
convey lighting
direction, reality,
and mood in
your frame
• Shadow Types
– Advanced
Raytraced
– mental ray
Shadow Map
– Area Shadow
– Shadow Map
– Raytraced
Shadows
• Shadow
Parameters
• Soft Shadows
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6. Create atmospheres and effects
• Creating a
volumetric light
effect
• Setup your lights
• Add shadows
• Exclude an object
from a light
• Add Volume Light
Effect
• Volume Light
Parameters
– Exponential
– Density
– Noise On
– Amount
– Size, Uniformity,
Phase
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7. Light Lister
• A floating palette designed to give you easy access
to all the lights in your scene
• Makes quicker work of editing your lighting than
selecting and editing each light by itself
• Easy way to survey the scene’s lighting
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