Blender’s AMAZING (not so new) feature! | Cycles Light Nodes in 5 minutes

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  • Lighting is much more important that people usually think, and Blender has some secret gems to make you achieve exactly the renders you want.
    Find me here! ;)
    - Artstation: www.artstation.com/homspau
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    UPDATES FROM THE FUTURE
    - It turns out you don't need the whole constrained empty thing! As pointed out by Cole Smith, you can simply select the light itself as the object you're getting the coordinates from.
    - "Clearly" is mispelled as "Clarely" in the stylisation graph. Excuse my non native english! ;)
    Chapter marks:
    0:00 Introduction
    0:43 We need more settings
    1:16 How to Light Nodes
    3:37 Closing thoughts
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  • @IbnAbdssalam
    @IbnAbdssalam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    WE NEED A IN-DEPTH TUTORIAL!!!
    especially for beginners like myself it would be great ✨

    • @wilhelmeniabilliedoherty5917
      @wilhelmeniabilliedoherty5917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed! The possibilities are fascinating, but a little overwhelming and I really don't know where to start haha

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Stick around! I may cover more in depth applications for this as well as other lighting related topics ;)

    • @aravindmuthu5748
      @aravindmuthu5748 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pun intended???

    • @nonexternal
      @nonexternal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not just beginners, i've been using blender for 2 years. But i've never delved into how to use math etc as masks.
      I've allready learned sooo much from this, but i can't for the heck of me get gradient lighting haha

  • @fiveoneecho
    @fiveoneecho 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Just a heads up! You can actually select the object the material is on in the texture coordinates node. This means no need for an empty!

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      OMG! You're right! It never occurred to me that you could do that. That's just way more elegant and convinient! I love it when things make sense ;) Thank you very much!

    • @richard29sher
      @richard29sher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cole, would you explain the step by step for accomplishing this step. Thank you.

    • @fiveoneecho
      @fiveoneecho 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@richard29sher Sure, everything is the same up until adding the empty. On the Texture Coordinate node, click on the textbox field labeled "Object:" (same place they selected the empty from). In that dropdown, you will see the light you are currently editing. You can select that light so the material will reference the scale of the light it is attached to. Basically, instead of creating an empty and referencing its texture coordinates, you are just referencing the texture coordinates of the light itself. Hopefully that makes sense.

    • @tobinloveday
      @tobinloveday 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fiveoneecho Yep, it sure does, thanks so much!

    • @ClaimClam
      @ClaimClam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@fiveoneecho u could privatley message Pau instead of publically putting him on blast like this

  • @SpencerMagnusson
    @SpencerMagnusson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I remember seeing the "Light Paths" node first demonstrated in an old BlenderGuru video to optimize a glass material to let more light through it. But I didn't even think that it could be used on the lights itself. Great insight.

  • @echerif_3d
    @echerif_3d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As a beginner who's been using Blender during a couple of months, I can see that my 3D learning journey just got miles longer, which is fun thanks to people like you and the beautiful Blender community!

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for the message! It really helps a lot! And the fun thing about learning is that the journey does never end. Hurray! Cheers!

    • @BeyondLimits3D
      @BeyondLimits3D ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I honestly think that every time we learn something new, the journey gets longer! It's just the way it is!

  • @richard29sher
    @richard29sher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm so greatful for your efforts with lighting!! Thank you and Please make more videos/tutorials on this important discovery.

  • @mothe
    @mothe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    thats one of these things i miss so much since i started using eevee only. simple things, like blackbody or ies textures. so easy to use yet sooooo good. and the fake caustics, thats always fun to mess around. when i was doing archviz for an indoor pool it made my scene go from 0 to 100 in few simple nodes

  • @NaveedKhanYT
    @NaveedKhanYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love when people get excited about things, especially 3d related! It's very wholesome to watch it😄

  • @tobinloveday
    @tobinloveday 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just watching you talk about lights has gotten me excited!

  • @lucachacha71
    @lucachacha71 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    that video is a gem, I didn't expect that! this is amazing work. Stylized lighting god damn ,that's huge!!!

  • @Deezsirrer
    @Deezsirrer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the best Tutorials for Light I've ever gotten.

  • @EdLrandom
    @EdLrandom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    you sound so happy about this, I love it

  • @VikalpRajKisku
    @VikalpRajKisku ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG! this channel have lot of things to learn from.
    Thank you teaching, and looking for such more .

  • @aharanr2833
    @aharanr2833 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the passion in your voice, an instant subscribe

  • @MasonMenzies
    @MasonMenzies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You just changed my life. Thank you

  • @virginiacarvalho7378
    @virginiacarvalho7378 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    your tutorials and quick videos are saving me on my college projects

    • @homspau
      @homspau  ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm so glad!

  • @ohheyvoid
    @ohheyvoid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yess! Give your lights some love. Haha great video! Looking forward to using this to play around with light nodes more! Thanks for the tips.

  • @ScraggyDogg
    @ScraggyDogg ปีที่แล้ว

    Many thanks, I've moved from other programs to blender and have been wanting to make gobos, so this is great.

  • @baldpolnareff7224
    @baldpolnareff7224 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've used nodes with lights myself, it's a dream! One way I use it is with normal coordinates, I set up a noise texture as a mask and animate it, it looks like a tree in front of your light source, creating shadows of its leaves

  • @gfbtfbtfilyfxbtyewqqef
    @gfbtfbtfilyfxbtyewqqef 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video had been absurdly useful. Thank you

  • @ObscureHedgehog
    @ObscureHedgehog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What an awesome little video! I keep forgetting to tinker around light nodes. Gonna keep referring to this video! Subbed! :D Please make more of these!

  • @tripplejaz
    @tripplejaz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here before you pop off. You're already in the algorithm so expect explosive growth in the next month. Great content! Your humor and energy seem so natural. Taking notes ;)

  • @evri1544
    @evri1544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your content is fire, Keep it up!

  • @empty_mirror
    @empty_mirror 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so interesting, thank you!

  • @exonme5845
    @exonme5845 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    complete Lifechanger!!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH!

  • @HBFortunato
    @HBFortunato ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve watched this and it help me a lot, can’t wait for the god ray tutorial

  • @ondrejaust9403
    @ondrejaust9403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Qué máquina!! Gracias por el tutorial express !

  • @Fifino35
    @Fifino35 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just found out about this on the Blender's vod and ended up on your own channel, it was a great talk! I should have worked on that donut..

  • @MordechaiHammer
    @MordechaiHammer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely wonderful video -- I really love your narration / writing style! It's entertaining and your enthusiasm is contagious.
    Been in a bit of a creative slump lately, not feeling like messing with 3D. I think this might have gotten me out. 😄

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much! ;)

  • @jaym2267
    @jaym2267 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Brilliant content, been binging it and its been very insightful. Wonder how you've been enjoying Light Linking in Blender since you haven't posted in a while! I feel like its a huge game changer for stylized rendering in Blender and has helped a lot of setups that before required crazy node setups and compositing hacks.

  • @renhigokarin1042
    @renhigokarin1042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice. I'm very into 3D light. Hope you make more helpful tutorials about light

  • @aimenzaied
    @aimenzaied 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    love the subtitles

  • @borohidruro_
    @borohidruro_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My render improved greatly thanks to this video, really thanks!
    I didn't know your channel, I feel happy I saw it posted by BlenderNation on Twitter.

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, for your comment and your time!

  • @stoatsnhoney
    @stoatsnhoney 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I didn't think this was THAT helpful a feature-but your giddiness convinced me otherwise! I'm genuinely excited to try this out now!

  • @issac7787
    @issac7787 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Saving for future use

  • @jenovaizquierdo
    @jenovaizquierdo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the video. I only used this ones and never used it before 😅. Will definitely try to incorporate this in my render

  • @lizardltd
    @lizardltd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that's an amazing video!
    I've just subbed, looking forward for more videos!!

  • @JPSpitz
    @JPSpitz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is so good! Really we explained and has helped me a lot! Definitely subscribing!

  • @Igrbessonov
    @Igrbessonov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW! Awesome!

  • @EduardoJReyes
    @EduardoJReyes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing!!

  • @fahruprime8876
    @fahruprime8876 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You give it my need

  • @narumeia
    @narumeia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy shit this is way too underrated. I always wondered what I could do with nodes for light. This is awesome!

  • @openroomxyz
    @openroomxyz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for creating this!

  • @sadness212
    @sadness212 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your energy 💚⚡💚

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

  • @saifsami_ss
    @saifsami_ss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you and i love the energy that you have keep going ♥

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!

  • @maxb3347
    @maxb3347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was very interesting!

  • @SpurlinCinema
    @SpurlinCinema 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was put together so well, I have to sub!

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! :)

  • @murakamih951
    @murakamih951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maravilloso video Pau!

  • @tusharkashyap2431
    @tusharkashyap2431 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Respect dude ❤️

  • @WhatsMikeUpTo
    @WhatsMikeUpTo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mind blown. Completely

  • @masterod1
    @masterod1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. Nice find!!!

  • @alanplanes1111
    @alanplanes1111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! Who knew such powerful features were so hidden, great tutorial Pau :)

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much!

  • @MohammedIrfan-gu6os
    @MohammedIrfan-gu6os 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is amazing

  • @zubabeats
    @zubabeats 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video keep making them like this it works!

  • @AyberkKole
    @AyberkKole 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super useful video, thanks man!

  • @smilgu
    @smilgu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cool stuff!

  • @patriciomassun
    @patriciomassun ปีที่แล้ว

    Well sr.. well done, another new suscriptor! Love the video (I usually use the nodes in the lamps, but I have to admit that I never give it the proper atention that it deserves)

  • @littlethumbs
    @littlethumbs ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is amazing. Thank you for this tip!

    • @homspau
      @homspau  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your comment! It really puts a smile on my face :)

  • @shingami1313
    @shingami1313 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this video man,nice music.:)

  • @jeremymccloud2778
    @jeremymccloud2778 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got sent here from one of Blender Bob’s videos. Nice work! I just subscribed. Looking forward to seeing what else you put out!

  • @andyklyen6885
    @andyklyen6885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent - subscribed.

  • @SmokyMountainsHauling
    @SmokyMountainsHauling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    never knew about this. going to have to mess around with it.

  • @3dVisualist
    @3dVisualist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely amazing! Didn’t know this was a thing. Subscribed!

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! :)

  • @ianmcglasham
    @ianmcglasham 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video.

  • @SachinDewthuru
    @SachinDewthuru 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    so underrated! Thanks man

  • @DaveMedinaTV
    @DaveMedinaTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Subbed! You got me in the first minute, keep it up!

  • @kontrastwesen4066
    @kontrastwesen4066 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much for that great overview! ♥

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your message!

  • @BlenderDojo
    @BlenderDojo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad I found your channel :) super informative

  • @Lluc3D
    @Lluc3D 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great tutorial, Blender is supa-powerful so many misconceptions and misunderstandings from people that comes from others software, Thanks Pau you need to make more of those :)

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the support, Lluc!

  • @landgrenwilliam
    @landgrenwilliam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice video and love your energy!

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you very much! I love your work. Uh! And almost forgot! The demo scene in the video is using your Pro Lens 2 Addon. It's pretty neat! ;)

  • @MotionLive
    @MotionLive 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, pretty amazing, thank you ! :)

  • @friendlyreptilian3767
    @friendlyreptilian3767 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you are amazing, thx for sharing your knowledge !

    • @homspau
      @homspau  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your comment! :)

  • @LuminousLabs
    @LuminousLabs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just clicked on this video because it looked cool, but I actually ended up finding how to make a rainbow light gradient. The other day I was going all through the tutorials I could find and none of them gave me the answer I needed. I guess sometimes that is how TH-cam works! Great video, I'll be sticking around for more videos.

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for the message! A pleasure ;)

  • @parkmujin1610
    @parkmujin1610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    PLEASE keep making tutorials this was incredible

  • @TR-707
    @TR-707 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👏super! this needs to be used way more

  • @standingpad
    @standingpad ปีที่แล้ว

    For textures, you can use the "Normal" option on the texture coordinate node. If I recall correctly, this should account for the size of the light

  • @stassingaevsky8653
    @stassingaevsky8653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Сheerfully! this is the most cool opening, which gives flexibility in setting up the artistic imagery of the picture. I would love to look at the in-depth material)) thanks)

  • @hugoantunesartwithblender
    @hugoantunesartwithblender 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great! I must say i only discovered light nodes when trying procedural caustics with it

  • @hameddesign70
    @hameddesign70 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i did use nodes for couple of years because i needed it for ies

  • @AlekseyOsipenkov
    @AlekseyOsipenkov 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing, thanks a lot!

  • @sebastianodibusti
    @sebastianodibusti 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Holy shit, this video is amazing, pls need a more detailed tutorial for lightpath node uses pls!! 🔥

  • @thumbwarriordx
    @thumbwarriordx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have actually used this lol.
    But it's because I'm a crazy person who likes to go into the nodes for a black body color temperature node pretty often.
    I'm also a big fan of cheating the light falloff once in a while. IES lamps also a gamechanger.

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like to use OSL. Then I found that IES texture nodes don’t work if you enable OSL. So I wrote a Python script to translate any given IES file into OSL.

  • @SouthernShotty
    @SouthernShotty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lots of great information.

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! It means a lot coming from you! :D

  • @riobaldo79
    @riobaldo79 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cara, trabalho na industria automotiva aqui no Brasil e o estudio onde trabalho começou a utilizar o Blender à partir da grande transformação ocorrida na versão 2.8. Cada vez mais me encanto com esse software e esse seu video me proporcionou um grande momento de encantamento. Me deu muito sobre o que pensar. Muito obrigado por isso!

  • @otherworldstu
    @otherworldstu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    NEED MORE IN DEPTH STUFF, THANKS!

  • @canoksas5039
    @canoksas5039 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi awesome video man! You have any tips on how you did the godray’s on2:20? Is it just lighting with a volumetric box or also something with notes and shaders? Thansk! :)

  • @thekid317
    @thekid317 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    great tutorial !!!!!

  • @johntnguyen1976
    @johntnguyen1976 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Must. Have. More. Please please!

  • @nextos
    @nextos 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is excellent

  • @letsmakevfx1407
    @letsmakevfx1407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Muy bueno. El nodo Light Path, ese gran incomprendido al que amo.

  • @HaniTiby
    @HaniTiby 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool presentation skills, keep it up

  • @danilocoelho9915
    @danilocoelho9915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I definitely need a Pro Lightining Course on Blender !

  • @opticonor
    @opticonor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Subscribed to your enthusiasm 😆👌

  • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
    @lawrencedoliveiro9104 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:02 I use “Is Camera Ray” for that: 1 for direct to camera, 0 for bounces.

  • @pianoatthirty
    @pianoatthirty ปีที่แล้ว +1

    holy f*cking sh*t. Man if there is one thing that is SORELY SORELY SORELY SORELY SORELY SORELY-SORELY-SORELY LACKING in Blender tutorials it's LIGHTING. How to use the lighting tools creatively in Blender. It amazes me how little there is on this. And now you just opened this can of worms! Please, make a course on this - just a few different simple scenes and how you'd approach lighting them. It would be SO helpful. Would be an instant buy from me.

    • @homspau
      @homspau  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey!! Thank you so much for your comment! I'm not working on a course at the moment but I'm writing a video exactly about that: the creative side of shot lighting. I hope it helps! ;)

  • @andreyzayats3576
    @andreyzayats3576 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's cool!

  • @asahdigitalassets386
    @asahdigitalassets386 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You just earned another subscriber

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!

  • @madsthomsen9844
    @madsthomsen9844 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    BLOWING MY MIND! :D

  • @theone6211
    @theone6211 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!

  • @DiedSora
    @DiedSora 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The next level

  • @umbra7299
    @umbra7299 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video 👌👌

    • @homspau
      @homspau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Cheers!