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Part XI: Advanced Lighting and Rendering > CHAPTER 45: Working with Advanced Li...
CHAPTER 45
Working with Advanced Lighting, Light Tracing, and Radiosity
Using advanced lighting
Understanding light tracing
Setting local advanced lighting parameters
Understanding radiosity
Setting global advanced lighting parameters
Using the Advanced Lighting materials and the Lighting Analysis Assistant
If you were to walk into a dark room and reach for the light switch, you would be confused if you found a separate switch that controlled the advanced lighting. But in Max the advanced lighting controls are worth the trouble. They enable you to take your lighting solution to the next level.
The advanced lighting controls in Max enable you to light scenes using two separate global illumination techniques known as light tracing and radiosity. Both solutions deal with the effect of light bouncing off objects and being reflected to the environment.
