Written Resources

Christophe Brejon wrote a digital free book from his 13 years of experience in CG Industry as Lighting and Compositing Supervisor.

https://chrisbrejon.com/cg-cinematography/

The how and why of cinematography lighting and what can be learnt for lighting in cg

http://herbertheinsche.com/cinematography/

Cinematography of Lego Batman, Legends of Guardians etc by Craig Welsh is a former Director of Photography and Lighting Supervisor

https://www.expandedcinematography.com/

Joey Lenz a Senior Lighting Artist from Naughty Dog has written about Lighting PBR and Material Guide from colours, exposure value and more.

https://www.polyplant.co/tech-art-portfolio.html#pbrlightingguide

By Adobe aka Substance about Light and Matter : The theory of Physically-Based Rendering and Shading Part 1

https://substance3d.adobe.com/tutorials/courses/the-pbr-guide-part-1

By Adobe aka Substance about Light and Matter : The theory of Physically-Based Rendering and Shading Part 2

https://substance3d.adobe.com/tutorials/courses/the-pbr-guide-part-2

Matthew Scott shares about lighting, photography and more on his website with detailed breakdown and videos.

http://mattscottvisuals.com/

Siggraph – Past, Present and Future Challenges of Global Illumination in Games

https://colinbarrebrisebois.com/2017/08/07/siggraph-2017-past-present-and-future-challenges-of-global-illumination-in-games/

Learn how to measure performance in Unreal Engine

https://unrealartoptimization.github.io/book/process/measuring-performance/

Pixar sharing their workflow and process for The Incredibles etc

https://renderman.pixar.com/stories/incredible-cinematography

A case study about the Cinematography of The Incredibles

https://floobynooby.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-cinematography-of-incredibles-part-1.html

Case Study of Lighting in Resident Evil 3 Remake

https://www.thiagoklafke.com/blog/the-lighting-in-resident-evil-3-remake/

Adaptive Placement of Dynamic Lighting – Forza

https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1026866/Adaptive-Placement-of-Dynamic-Lighting

Dynamic Diffuse Global Illumination

https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1026182/

Erco’s Guide about everything Lighting

https://download.erco.com/en/media/guide_pdf

Unreal Engine 4 Console Variables

http://www.kosmokleaner.de/ownsoft/UE4CVarBrowser.html

SIGGRAPH 2020 Course: Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice

https://blog.selfshadow.com/publications/s2020-shading-course/

How to Use the Ansel Adams Zone System in the Digital World

https://fstoppers.com/education/how-use-ansel-adams-zone-system-digital-world-417047

References from Movies etc

https://film-grab.com/

References from Movies etc (Paid)

https://shotdeck.com/

Tells you what equipment was used for a movie etc 

https://shotonwhat.com/

Useful blogs about cinematography & exposure etc

http://wanderingdp.com/category/cinematography/

To organize your references

https://www.pureref.com/

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