PhotoWorks

Step-By-Step Self-Paced Learning Guide

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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 over 50 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

The topics covered in this guide are:

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
Monitor Corrections

CHAPTER 3: Basic Part Rendering

Display Modes
Software OpenGL
Appearances
RealView Shadows
RealView Scenes
Case Study: Display and Appearances
Case Study: Appearances from Materials
The Rendering Process
Case Study: Idler Arm
Appearances
PhotoWorks Scenes
PhotoWorks Appearance Editor
Rendering
Sub-image Rendering
PhotoWorks Scene Editor
Editing PhotoWorks Properties
PhotoWorks Studio
Case Study: PhotoWorks Studio
Exercise 1: Bracket
Exercise 2: Screw Driver
Exercise 3: PhotoWorks Studio 

CHAPTER 4: Mapping Texture Appearances

Introduction
Textures
Case Study: Texture Mapping
Texture Mapping
Texture Orientation
Mapping Adjustments (Mapping by the Numbers)
Exercise 4: Textures
Exercise 5: Texture Mapping Practice

CHAPTER 5: Applying Appearances

Introduction
Case Study: Computer Monitor
Creating Custom Colors
Hierarchy Review
Overview
Case Study: The Chess Set
Appearance Library
View Image File
Creating Appearance Folders
Case Study: Hybrid Appearances
Embedding Appearances
Linking Appearance
Illumination
Organizing Files
Exercise 6: Ice Cream Scoop

CHAPTER 6: Assemblies and Configurations

Rendering Part Configurations
Case Study: Part Configurations – The Chessboard
Appearance Hierarchy in an Assembly
Case Study: Assembly Configurations – The Locking Pin
Active Custom Folder
Case Study: Rocker Switch
PhotoWorks Legacy Data
Exercise 7: Lighter
Exercise 8: Lighter Configurations
Exercise 9: Custom Appearances and Folders

CHAPTER 7: Decals

Decals
Case Study: Monitor Face
Case Study: Label Mapping
Case Study: Multiple Decals
Case Study: Gradient Masks
Exercise 10: Travel Mug
Exercise 11: Chisel

CHAPTER 8: Viewpoint

ViewPoint
Positioning the Viewpoint
Named Views
Perspective View
The SolidWorks Camera
Case Study: Cameras
Apparent Depth
Case Study: Apparent Depth
Standard Lens
Depth of Field
Case Study: Setting Depth of Field
Case Study: Getting Behind the Walls
Exercise 12: Depth of Field
Exercise 13: The Assembly Line

CHAPTER 9: Scenes and Lighting

Scenes and Lighting
Scenery Examples
Scene Editor
Applying Appearances to Scenery
Scene Library
Case Study: Scenery
Lighting
Shadows
Lighting Schemes
Case Study: Flashlight
Spot Lights
Lighting Characteristics
PhotoWorks Light Characteristics
Foreground Effects
Exercise 14: The Book Light
Exercise 15: Stapler

CHAPTER 10: Advanced Lighting

Rendering Basics
Case Study: Lighting Principles
Ambient Light
Indirect Lighting
Lighting Concepts
Global Illumination
Case Study: Global Illumination
Setting Up Global Illumination
Case Study: Fire Truck
Photo Studios and Area Lights
Caustics
Case Study: Caustics

CHAPTER 11: Reflective and Transparent Appearances

Reflections
Case Study: Environments
Case Study: Kitchen Scene
Transparent Appearances
Exercise 16: Workbench
Exercise 17: Lotion Bottle

CHAPTER 12: Output Options

Output Design Intent
Output Options
Render to the Screen
Render Contours
Case Study: Contours
Render to a Printer
Case Study: Print a Picture of the Micrometer
Rendering Images to a File
Case Study: Sales Brochure
Screen Presentations
Case Study: PowerPoint®
Alpha Channel
Transporting Files
Case Study: Transport Files
Exercise 18: Product Information Sheet
Exercise 19: PowerPoint® Slide
Exercise 20: Contours

CHAPTER 13: Putting It All Together

Putting It All Together
Exercise 21: Miter Saw

CHAPTER 14: PhotoWorks Gallery

PhotoWorks Contest

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