Exercise 2 – Light an Orange

Checklist

Goals

To become familiar with Houdini's look development toolset and use of the renderfarm.

Requirements

Lighting an orange that looks somewhat realistic. Using basic lighting techniques, students are also required to render via the renderfarm.

Considerations

• As discussed in class, lighting should be in context — no black backgrounds (unless appropriate).
• Shadow should be identifiable and from the key source of light.
• Noise texture or other textures can be used.
• Consider composition — perhaps smack dab in the center of the screen is not the best way to show off your hero object.

Submission Guidelines

Use the following naming convention for all submitted files which should be in a folder in your dropbox at the top level S26_V721_E2_LastnameFirstname_Title:

S26_V721_E2_LastnameFirstname_Title/
├── S26_V721_E2_LastnameFirstname_Title.hipnc
├── S26_V721_E2_LastnameFirstname_Title.jpg
└── (renderfarm .rtf log file — no renaming needed)

• S26_V721_E2_LastnameFirstname_Title.jpg
• S26_V721_E2_LastnameFirstname_Title.hipnc
• .rtf file — does not need renaming

Grading

This is a warm-up exercise for Project 1 to ensure you know where to locate all the lighting and look development tools you need in Houdini. It will be graded /10:

• 7–8 / 10 — Completing the mechanics correctly
• 8–10 / 10 — Mechanics plus decent aesthetics