PhotoWorks®
Step-By-Step
Self-Paced Learning Guide
Description: A self-study guide to
photorealistic rendering. Learn the fundamentals of PhotoWorks® at your
own speed, as you progress from simple to more complex renderings.
Features:
- Unlock the full power of SolidWorks® design tools with the
helpful instructions and tips available only from technical training
experts on staff with SolidWorks Corporation.
- Build your skills and confidence quickly with 45
easy-to-understand tutorials and practice exercises, each building
upon the previous lesson.
- Reinforce your new skills with the accompanying CD, which
features time-saving project files for tutorials and practice
exercises.
- Learn at your own pace - review each lesson as often as you want
or quickly move on to the next lesson.
- Follow along with more than 1000 full-color images and screen
captures that serve as easy-to-understand visual cues.
Prerequisites:
SolidWorks Essentials: Parts and Assemblies
Available from DASI Solutions.
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The topics covered in
this guide are:
Chapter
1: Introduction
About This Book
What is
Photorealistic Rendering?
Right Brain
Versus Left Brain
What's This Book
About?
Cameras
Rendering Results
PhotoWorks®
Chapter
2: Getting Started
What is the
PhotoWorks Software?
Starting
PhotoWorks
PhotoWorks User
Interface
Getting Help
Options
Chapter
3: Basic Part Rendering
PhotoWorks
Rendering
Materials
PhotoWorks Scenes
PhotoWorks
Material Editor
Rendering
Sub-image
Rendering
PhotoWorks Scene
Editor
Editing
PhotoWorks Properties
Monitor
Corrections
Chapter
4: Textures and Scenes
Introduction
Textures
Texture Part
Default Scene
Texture Mapping
Texture
Orientation
Perspective View
Scenes
Lighting
Mapping
Adjustments
Chapter
5: Scenery, Lighting and Decals
Creating Custom
Colors
Decals
Decal Mapping
Scenery
Lighting
Shadows
Chapter
6: Assemblies and Configurations
Rendering
Assemblies
Material
Hierarchy in an Assembly
RenderManager Conventions
Applying
Materials to Scenery
Spot Lights
Chapter
7: PhotoWorks® Studio
PhotoWorks Studio
SolidWorks
Materials
Chapter
8: Output Options
Output Design
Intent
Output Options
Render to the
Screen
Render Contours
Render to a
Printer
Rendering Images to a File
Screen
Presentations
PowerPoint®
Alpha Channels
Chapter
9: Materials, Scenes and Lighting
Overview
Material Library
Scene Library
View Image File
Creating Material Folders
Embedding
Materials
Linking Material
Illumination
Organizing Files
The Table Lamp
Point Lights
Lighting Colors
Background Images
Save Scene
Transporting
Files
Active Custom
Folder
PhotoWorks Legacy
Data
Chapter
10: Lighting Effects
Rendering
Basics
Lighting
Principles
Ambient Light
Indirect
Lighting
Case Study:
Flashlight
Lighting
Characteristics
PhotoWorks
Light Characteristics
Foreground
Effects
Reflections
Secondary
Reflections
Environments
Chapter
11: Fine Tuning
Lighting Concepts
Global
Illumination
Setting Up Global
Illumination
Caustics
Glass and Liquids
Using Contours
Chapter
12: The Camera
The
SolidWorks Camera
Establishing
a Viewpoint
Apparent
Depth
Standard Lens
Depth of
Field
Appendix
