Tutorial: Cinematic Lighting in Blender
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this first episode of Virtual Cinematography we'll be using only one light source to get cinematic results!
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Software used: blender.org/
Link to 3D mocap model (free download, but you'll need an Adobe account): mixamo.com
00:00 I spent five days on this intro
00:31 Importing the mocap character
01:12 Creating the studio backdrop
01:54 Creating the camera
02:23 Character placement
03:10 Mindset 1: Illuminating the scene
04:04 Mindset 2: Placing the shadows
05:19 My favorite lighting setup
08:04 But what did we do correctly?
09:09 Lighting from outside vs. inside
09:49 Mysterious vs. revealed
10:42 Getting too excited about drawing
11:33 Recap
13:32 Final result
13:45 About Virtual Cinematography
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I said it before and I am going to say this once again that blender community have so many TH-camrs who make brilliant tutorials but you and Derek Elliott are so fun to watch & you both provide so much information which usually people skip. Such high quality tutorials definitely help people like us. :)
I love how this channel is the exact opposite of Default Cube. Calm and slow vs fast and pure chaos. Both have their place, and that just shows how big of a community we have!
@@elliotmarks06 Default cube is a sarcasm genius I must say. 😂His content has his own league.
@@xDaShaanx most certainly
Totally agree. They both are great teachers. Guess it’s their genuine interest to share knowledge and not about getting clicks in exchange for donuts.
The whole Blender community is amazing; I've even found a few obscure TH-camrs that has changed my craft for the better!
The animated intro u made is just perfect
Great breakdown! I usually use at least 3 lights but the one you show is always what I start with and by far the most exciting! Looking forward to seeing the next videos in the series.
Thanks Derek!! Glad to hear you use it too, that means it's worth doing :D Yes, excited about this series myself!!
Derek is good ! 😎
You can't imagine how helpful this was. The mindset with this inside, outside trick, to reveal each part of an object, litteraly one of the best content about creativity i've seen so far.
Now please, tell me something you don't know? Your tutorials are amazing and explained to the highest degree without anything that could or should be missing. You are a teacher that is beyond reproach to the utmost level. I was a founding member of a graphics software company called Corel, director of Product Development, you my friend, I would have hired in a drop of the bucket. Your knowledge of Blender is outstanding and second to none. Every time I crack open the tutorials on Blender and I see that you have posted a fresh one, I watch in amazement at how well you've learned the infinite details of this product with masterful understanding. You have become the professor on Blender. I and others thank you so much...
Thank you very much for the kind words, Gary. Did you work on CorelDRAW by any chance? As a child I used to play around with making text follow curves in that program. And now I'm still playing around with stuff on the computer, but this time with generous people like you leaving inspiring comments on my work. Thanks for watching my videos!
I also used corelDraw...for my HighSchool newspaper! We won awards for our graphics 🙌
@@Polyfjord Yes I worked on CorelDRAW. We really took inspiration from Adobe and backwards engineered it to work on the PC. We even took the majority of the fonts and scanned them, we then hired students to trace each font naming them as different ones but if you were to zoom in on the fonts that Adobe and or the PS (Post Script) fonts you would find a massive difference in the quality compared to the our fonts and the originals, we were not in the same league. I know the in's and out's of the product so well that when we had the first CorelDRAW prize, we found tthere was a beautiful piece of graphics but it took nearly two minute to load, once I got the file and tweaked it, it took less than five seconds to bring up on the screen, this was on the old 386 computers. Could I tell you stories about the company (chuckles). Thanks for your words and the question, please continue to excite the crowds...
Absolutely beautiful. Can't wait for the rest of the series!
You got me hooked right from the title sequence, as always your passion and empathy towards sharing what could be the best kept secrets is commendable, heartfelt gratitude :)
Thank you so much!!
Your style of researching, doing art and teaching it is very refreshing!
Thanks for the video! I love experimenting with lighting tend to do everything based on whether it feels good to look at.
I never really thought about why I prefer area lights over point lights but the discussion about shadowing helped to clear that up. They are so versatile. 💡
Now you've got me wanting to play with lights, but I'm way behind schedule for other projects. Such a bad influence. 😉😂
Your energy and excitement is contagious! and I highly appreciate that you acknowledge how the final results shown on intros are different from the tutorials, and you helping us learn how to get closer to that level of quality! you are the best kind of teacher! I will make sure I introduce this channel to everyone I know who work with Blender. Thank you.
this is one of the best blender "tutorials" i've seen for a specific topic, I would love to see more videos like this from you🙏
Excited for the series! Thank you very much!
The all around quality on this channel (the learning content, the actual artwork, the takeaway motivation) is just second to none. It's no accident that your DocOc tutorial is the highest viewed blender tutorial in history.
I have just started in Blender 2 days ago and following your Tutorials has made getting used to everything SO easy. Your button annotations are so helpful when you are entering many shortcuts at once, and the way you explain complex topics is so easy to follow.
Thank you for igniting my interest in animation and 3D rendering. I hope to learn a lot from your channel.
I’ve barely finished my other projects! Stop coming out with this incredible content you madman!
bro u allways inspire me to do more things in blender, seriously the best tutorials in youtube is you, u never skip a step in your tutorial that's what i like, u mention every single shortcut u use. so is very hard to get lost with your videos
I am so happy you started this series, your work is really awesome! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I get so much inspiration from your videos.
I am EXCITED for this series too!
Keep up the good work!
Polyfjord and Derek Elliott, best of the best.
Derek Elliott is the best thing to have happened to the Blender community since the invention of computers
this series has perfect timing. Literally, just yesterday, I was struggling to come up with something cinematic for my project
The calmness of your voice and your videos takes me to another World...
Clean and really informative tutorial as always. I'm excited for the next parts
I am soo much excited for this series, thank you for this
So pumped for this! Definitely a topic I’d love to know more about covered by one of the most thorough and entertaining teachers!
I LOVE THIS SERIES!! THANK YOU AND YOUR INTRO WAS SUPERBBB!
This is exactly what I needed for my renders! I used to spend hours texturing and modeling, for it to just become unnoticable in the final render. I didn't know what was wrong, and continued to use muddy, flat lighting for almost a year! This tutorial really helped me see what is wrong with my lighting. Thank you so much!
I am just as excited for the new series. Keep u the good work Polyfjord.
The cave example was super great. Because it shows the WHY so well!
Such an interesting point of view of lighting! Really appreciate the time and the quality you put here!
Thrilled for the series! Thanks for sharing!
Yeah! I've been waiting for this new series!
How cool is that?! I already love your tuts an this series will push it even further. Thank you so much, it's really appreciated!
These tutorials are gold
I'm really really really hyped for this series, light is so important in 3d and yet there are so few vidéos about it. Big thanks!! Great vidéo as always too!
Dude, you are the most profesional instructor I´ve ever seen in Blender. Thanks for your work.
I love your personality! This was a joy to watch
As a student of Filmmaking and a cinematographer, everything you just said about the lighting and the shadows is absolutely true and correct. I'm looking forward to this series as a new Blender user!!
your intros are god-tier
just Perfect, and thanks for keeping this stuff free, damn the community is just awesome
This is perfect ! I was always wondering about the refined product at the end of the videos. Looking forward to this series.
LOVE IT! My goodness, this is exaclty what I've been looking for! Thank you.
Hands-Down best instructor ever!!
Apart from your sheer talent, the thing that keeps me stuck to your channel is your enthusiasm for the things you talk about! Great video as always, thank you so much! :D
I LOVE THIS Course and I am soo looking forward to see all the videos you come with. I can't stress this enough but YOU ARE AMAZING!
amazing video! I really like the way you explain things.
Thank you for making videos on this topic!
I will say this inplace of everyone... it doesn't matter what you are going to show in the video when compared to the things like your into or in-between transitions that you create... Those are truly mind-blowing and creative as hell. Upon all of that then I can say that we are blessed with the info in the video. These are both eye-calming and soul cooling tutorials for sure.
That Virtual Cinematography intro is soo cool! I love it! ❤️
So excited for the rest of this series.
Looking foward to this series!! Well done. I have "always" lit my characters straight on.. (only done 4projects).. but this for sure will change my approach from now on.
Awesome tut. Smart, clear, consise, astute.
I love your videos man, you're part of the reasons I enjoy using blender. Your excitement is contagious and I love it. Great video as always!
Everything is clear, easy to follow. Thanks for nice videos!
wow, this is exactly what I've been missing and I'm super excited for the next part
the intro alone tells you are at the right place and He's a clear artist
Great video! Gonna follow this series so can't wait!
Wonderful tutorial packed with great insights. Bravo!
This is an amazing video with useful information, i cant wait for the rest of the series.
Just found your channel today, and I already learned so much!! I’m rendering now a animation that I followed from your previous videos (the little spider looking thing), and watched a couple other videos of yours,and I think you deserve at least 1 million subscribers, you go straight to the point, you edit your videos very well, and it’s very high quality tutorials for free!! Much thanks 🙏!!
Lovely breakdown, cant wait to see the rest!
So simple and so good. Duuude I can't wait for the rest of this series! Tusen tack
Thank you! I'm now also very excited for this new series. I love this type of videos. It's more substance than just following from A to B on modeling something. kjempegreit!
This was soooo cool thank you! You're my favorite Blender TH-camr.
Epic as usual!! Thanks so much. I cant wait for the next in the series!
Glad you have made this tutorial series..i am really excited to learn Cinematography...waited so long for this series and lots of love..❤❤
The "gap" part is one of the mysterious components that make your videos work really well I think. When the intro to a video is that good and polished you're pulled in no matter what. Keep up the good work :)
The tutorials we all wanted to see. Thank you so much!
It's so awesome please continue!
Thanks for another great tutorial 🙏 I can not wait for the next episode in this series.
BY FAR the most charismatic blender streamer.Great subjects amazing rythm in my opinion.Keep up!
i didnt find a word how awsome tutorial it is
This series is sooo needed. I really like your content.
It is one of the best available on youtube
Again, fabulous tutorial! Thanks!
Can't wait for the next episodes!! Thank you, Love the content 😍😍
you explained it so good and it's all make sense! great work!
Another incredible, informative, inspiring video!! Also, THAT INTRO!!! HOLY SHIIIIIIIII
the intro was super dope as always was a perfect banger well cant wait for the whole course but its worth the wait.
New Polyfjord makes for a perfect night
The lights going through the glass letters in the intro are insane, HOW!
You explained the topic like its a walk on cake!! Amazing keep it sir our and future generations need mentor like u💯
Yeay!! Wanted you to go over the lens effects you use and looks like we r getting a whole series!
Thank you so much for this fundamental lesson in lighting. This is such an important concept for beginners to grasp and you've demonstrated it so clearly.
And not only did you teach how to think about placing lights as sculpting the shadows, but you also taught a great technique for working in Blender while placing lights. Having a fixed render view looking through the scene camera while adjusting the placement of the lights in a different view helps so much when it comes to visualizing what you're actually doing with the relationships between the lights and objects in your scene.
Very Informative. Really enjoyed it. Cant wait for the future episodes.
This is is amazing can't wait to use this
This lighting set up looks very good
I love your content man! Thank you for all of the hard work you put into these videos. They are insightful and very inspiring!
am excited too ! waiting for the next series
Thank you again for another awesome tutorial! I was just getting into cinematic lighting and this really helped a lot!
I love your videos, I'm a huge huge fan of everything you do, I love your long video tuts, Love the cinematics, the editing JUST EVERYTHING!!!!!!
You're the reason why I started using Blender after 2 years!! thank you and THANK YOU 😍😍😍😍
Really thanks for your tutorial. You share your experience teach me more about lighting.
Thank you so much for your explanation on this topic and sharing your experience 🤝🏻💕
Amazing, I am really really thankful for videos. they are so helpful
that's it, that's what we have been wating for. Keep it up !
Trust me, this is most epic title intro for a tutorial I've ever seen. The best for sure. You are the best.
I am shocked by your art
As always exceptional 🔥🔥
Thank you so much 😊👍. Needed this one. ❤️
Everything made sense!! absolutely great tutorial. Loved your excitement. :)
Can we just stop and appreciate the MIND BLOWING intro sequence 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
dude you won my and all of us respect 🙌
Love Your Works!