Author Jeremy Birn has long been regarded as a talented computer graphics artist and generous writer, and he has been sharing techniques and discoveries for years. Using 3-D graphics and computer equipment to create accurate images is easy, using them to produce beautiful, inviting, memorable images requires more than technical skills. [Digital] Lighting & Rendering introduces reasons and techniques for using light, shadow, texture , composition. It is assumed, however, that your software supports the choice of 3-D rendering features such as basic as soft shadows, light maps, colored gels, depth-of-field blur, motion blur, and so forth. The first half of this book discusses lighting and shadow: lighting workflow, the type of light; using lighting rigs, such as three-point lighting, shadows and shadow type, and various quality of light. [Digital] Lighting & Rendering is not only explains how to use lighting techniques, but why. An outstanding chapter on color and its use through composition and lighting offers insight into what is considered the color and how color affects a scene. This book is designed to educate and inform, it is up to readers to apply what they learn for their own projects. Although less than 300 pages, [digital] Lighting & Rendering is an informative and important book, useful for any computer graphic artist. Publisher spared no expense in the production of books, either - every page in color, with at least one color photo per page illuminating the text.