Vue Lighting

Beginner tutorial on the different types of lighting in Vue - by Sacada.

A Flash tutorial on using a Python script to cause each instance of one object in an Ecosystem to have a light source installed into it. Tutorial scene and script can be downloaded.

Great for street lights, walkway lights, airport runway lights, etc.

If you do not need actual light and shadow coming from your objects, it is easier, and less time/resource intensive, to just use a glowing material.

An animated slide show type tutorial, from the makers of the Vue 3D software, about how to "bake" illumination onto your objects, for instance to speed up animation render times.

An animated slide show type tutorial, from the makers of the Vue 3D software, on custom "User" render settings for Global Illumination (GI) and Global Radiosity (GR).

Part 2 of David Burdick 2 part tutorial on improving realism in Vue. This one is about realistic outdoor lighting. See the Composition topic for Part 1.

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a basic scene with radiosity and convert text to an area light.

In this tutorial we will be creating a realistic candle with a flame and applying an area light to the flame. I will also touch on Translucent materials.