Directing the Photography: Combining Cinematic Rules, Indirect Light Controls and Lighting‐by‐Example

• Published in: Computer graphics forum Vol. 37; no. 7; pp. 45 - 53
• Main Authors: Galvane, Q., Lino, C., Christie, M., Cozot, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2018; Wiley
• Subjects: 3-D graphics; Applied computing → Media arts; Automation; CCS Concepts; Computational efficiency; Computer Science; Computing methodologies → Computational photography; Graphics; Human-Computer Interaction; Human‐centered computing → User centered design; Image processing systems; Interactive control; Light; Light sources; Lighting; Photography; Signal and Image Processing; Three dimensional models; Human-centered computing: User centered design; Applied computing: Media arts; Computing methodologies: Computational photography

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