How to MASTER Car Studio Lighting in Blender

Had a few questions asking how I lit these images and thought I'd go through everything I used! Hopefully you found this interesting and maybe I can do more in the future!
Any questions, pop them in the comments and ill get back to you :)
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PC Specs:
GPU: RTX 4090
CPU: Intel I9-14900k
RAM: 64gb DDR5 5200MHz
PSU: 1000w
#cgi #blender #lighting #car #carlightingspecialist #carphotography #cinema4d #3d #vfx

[@ario6819]

Hi Ethan, car paint looks dope, thanks for the video

[@ethdavis]

Thanks for watching!

[@iKaGe01]

I love that car paint. Really nice work. Thank you for showing us the result. You can see how much the car paint has progressed from your prior video for sure

[@ethdavis]

Thanks so much! Spent a lot of time on this shader and its been worth it on every job since :)

[@JeahnLaffitte]

This is excellent, man! I love it. You showcased your technique and reasons for them all very well 👏 Excited for future videos

[@ethdavis]

Glad you enjoyed it! new video this weekend :)

[@sondos006]

Amazing work 👏🏻✨ thank you for sharing this with us

[@ethdavis]

Thankyou !

[@fullyleaded]

ah man I've not seen this one yet. What a treat! This will be perfect for my Rolls Royce Cullinan. I was gonna ask you how to accentuate my arches but I think I'll be able to figure it out watching this.

[@ethdavis]

Haha hope it helped! You’re keeping busy aren’t you 😂 might have me beat!

[@fullyleaded]

@@ethdavis Super useful. as always!

[@lielie5419]

Amazing

[@ethdavis]

Thanks!

[@ohboyVisuals]

Great tutorial. Keep up!

[@ethdavis]

Thanks!

[@jessinsam]

wow superb bro

[@ethdavis]

Thanks dude!

[@brokenkeyboard69]

Great video 🔥 can you please make a tutorial on brake light ? The light turning on. Thank you 😇

[@ethdavis]

Thanks so much! I'll make a short about it this wheek :)

[@michaelc5279]

How did you paint out those shadows from the planes? I'm practicing lighting using your setup and I'm running into the same issue where the emission lights are creating a shadow despite ray visibility for the shadows being turned off. Did you render without the car then used the patch tool to blend in the shadows with the studio background?

[@ethdavis]

Hey man, I rendered a version with just the set lights on and removed the shadows by painting that layer over the top of the one with the shadows. Hope that helps 🙌🏻

[@MetalGearMk3]

Try using Light Wrangler addon, it's quicker.

[@ethdavis]

I’ve tested that, I think it limits your control and reduces the flexibility 🙌🏻

[@franciskwok3515]

volume's a bit too low

[@ethdavis]

Will take note for the next vids🙌🏻