Lighting Fundamentals: Master One Light in Blender

In this Blender tutorial, I will show you how to Master One Light in Blender. This is a complete pro lighting course and 100% free for all my TH-cam subscribers. Please enjoy it and like and share if you can:)
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Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
01:02 - Invert Square Law
10:29 - The Quality of the Light
15:51 - The Density of Shadows
20:58 - The Position of the Light
24:11 - The Purpose of the Light
34:14 - The Texture of the Light Source
39:09 - The Shape of the Light Source
41:13 - The Texture of the "Reflector"
46:41 - Lighting Setup 01-03
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