"Unbiased" Lighting Techniques | C4D, Octane

Finally got my hands on this tutorial. By far, the most important "influencer" on the quality of your work. Master it and you'll notice the difference.
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[@pmcgb]

The only KZbinr where I literally take notes, lol.

[@762mmFullMetalJack3t]

I refer back to this every 6 months, you really cover everything here.

[@liammccue8098]

Amazing! I used to always just default to hdri and leave it alone and maybe add some fill lights but this is really cool.

[@lukehallmedia]

Thank you for highlighting the importance of lighting. Coming from film school it really pays off to have knowledge on the properties of lights, especially when using path-tracing render engines.

[@ThijsGoedegebuure]

One of the most helpful tutorials I've seen in a while, bought the material pack and gonna study the shit out of it :) Even though I use Redshift, it'll be a good practise to recreate the materials from scratch in RS once I understand the theory behind it.

[@juliart7574]

This is the coolest tutorial on lighting I've seen so far. Meaning it's practical and very intensive. Peace!

[@da_noob_09]

Thank you so much Andrey, I have been facing issues in product shots from quite some time, this vid is a real lifesaver.

[@JustanApple96]

I can't help but curl up into a ball of happiness whenever you upload a new video

[@eddierobbertse8957]

Thank so much! This reply helps me a lot. The falloff in the lights was a massive revelation to me! Wow ...

[@paulandrews__]

Andrey I love your videos soooo much. You share brilliant pro quality teaching and your knowledge of the actual world of photography sets you apart. I come from being a professional photographer into the world of 3D and have used (in Blender) the color ramp node to drive the colour of planes which I place in my scene and power by emission shader, precisely in order to achieve the falloff which occurs on wine and other product bottles in the real world. When I see razor sharp lines on wine bottles I know I'm looking at the work of someone who doesn't really know how things work. I am 1 year into learning 3d now and absolutely love it! Precisely for the reasons you mentioned. There are no union contracted workers standing around doing nothing, and I can hang 5MW of lighting over my talent without expensive rigging, or power generation, or health and safety reps, in the 3D world. Thank you. On your advice I am looking into Octane Render right now. Have a great night!

[@felixst3739]

Oh man, its soo good the way you do video, straigth to the point, and very short intro. This is good content, youtube channel are getting anoying so many intro, and half of the video to marketing parners. Really good Andrey! Thanks for that!

[@kreativedesigning3935]

Awesome tutorial! Knocked out (3) of my issues in one sitting! Much appreciated!

[@mecagon]

thanks for your love man. making this video just for us i really appreciate. Not everyone shares their knowledge.

[@enkhprod]

Many years try to understand tutorial like yours. Never been like this 👌 You are best 👍

[@ridkurn]

I love all of your videos the tips are so dope. like I always find something new when watching your tutorial, and you explained it all very clear. Thank you Andrey!

[@JeromeLove]

That spot light tip is a life saver and a game changer at least for me!! Thank you for another great tutorial/Infogram :)

[@dhidavidhuys8487]

having the opportunity to work with u and learn must be amazing Andrey ! wish i had teachers with that passion and knowledge like you in my life! stay safe out there man !cheers from Belgium

[@danielcoe9677]

Every day I learn with your channel and keep explaining about techniques in the area of ​​CGI in specific VFX

[@Tomydurand]

Thanks Andrey! I learn something everytime.

[@yacinejulian6678]

You are doing an amazing job sir, keep it up.

[@h-unte-r_]

Wow, with fog effect and no system load. Thank you for your professional approach. Thanks, Bro👏👍😮

[@alexanderdowney1964]

Great information that you're sharing Andrey, thanks for taking the time to explain. Excellent technical knowledge and mad art skills.

[@botondszekely4592]

I'm glad that I discovered your channel :) I found many videos that covered many topics I was looking for:)

[@porterdesignandmotion]

Thank you so much. The falloff tutorial alone is incredible. Thank you again!

[@Moby41]

A new video woooo!!!! Love your work, man! I'd like to see you try out Blender some time and hear what you think of it.

[@ck13717]

Thank you so much for making these videos Andrey! I wish you the best

[@Valerity]

Awesome, Andrey! Really like to watch your tutorials!

[@parfaitdali4302]

Wonderful job Mr Andrey....you are a good teacher....we learn new things everyday with you just go ahead

[@FinalGrade]

I believe the "hair light" you refer to is called a "rim light". So it makes sense to say that with other things like the car as well. You might also just be referring to "backlight".

[@titasplayzhere3260]

Thanks a lot for the helpful tips Andrey. Iam a begginer in 3d so this will be very useful for me and other people as well. Have a great day man.

[@tallerderender]

This is pure gold. Thanks for sharing Andrey !

[@sophwilt8805]

Your tutorials are the best. So happy I found your channel

[@Suger18]

the coat + flakes at 1:43 looking soooo good.

[@DoxiaStudio]

love your videos! lightning has always been an issue in my scenes. Big thanks for this amazing video!

[@bobbihansel]

Love your work Andrey, will give this a go in the morning. Thanks bro

[@gtkiller]

Thank you so much for explaining the principle of lighting in Path Tracing my renders have approved dramatically!

[@eclecticmethod]

Your tutorials are fantastic, thank you for making these

[@feiyinwang6169]

Thank you, man! Great video again!

[@ilhamlux]

Love that tuts Andrey, good work!

[@DJDeon0]

I always look for a video from you! Thanks bro! What a legend!

[@Karabanka]

Dude, I really love you and your tutorials

[@mrtrollcapmaster7442]

Outstanding, very useful! Love the content, keep it up!

[@CengizGoren]

Youre the master of this .. bro .. i watched..a few videos.. you really know what you are doing.. its decent to watch .. thanks

[@PowerWildMetal]

thanks, you're tutorials are really well explained

[@j-ju5]

You are a beast. Still Remember the Magic castle on desk, respect

[@SiddharthBhandari_official]

i was so confused with octane lights.. and in one video.. you helped me with everything i was confused about. could you also.. in future, if possible.. post some jewelry lighting tutorials..? like diamond/gold rings etc

[@MrPada143]

I just found you looking for lighting tips. I don't have Octane but this was super useful. Thank you

[@resort4994]

All your videos is this the most helpful videos i ever seen!

[@philippwelsing9108]

Wooow. So much good stuff. The spotlight fog part! Thank you.

[@sio3227]

The tutorial that explains a lot! Thanks for your work

[@brown2840]

Thank you for all of your help! I love watching your videos! :)

[@lilsquirt9889]

Really helpful man ! Keep on doing similar stuff please !

[@javiergarciamunuera4734]

Killing it as always!

[@Localmarz]

Clean and informative, as always

[@dickbeater8954]

Excellent tutorial.. well explained and demonstrated.. sub’d liked and shared on the strength of this video

[@dhidavidhuys8487]

Like always Andrey , thank you so much!

[@impylse]

i usually put a simple vignette texture i made in AE, into the distribution slot, just to dim the edges slightly. didnt realize i could put octane nodes into it 😃 will test the falloff node (also maybe a dirt node would work? especially for that spotlight with the tube around it)

[@3-dhdesigns406]

finally getting a new tutorial be like!! Thanks Andrey

[@jigneshjhaveri]

Fantastic - so well explained.Thanks!

[@qingroye8372]

Your water-cooled radiator is so cool!

[@xplorer3475]

never tried the falloff trick in the distribution chanel, very nice ! thanks for your videos

[@KikiLem]

The most useful lighting tips video, thank you. :)

[@olywe_render]

Amazing video , thanks for your work

[@ELEGANTFOX]

this dude is mafia of CG

[@nicklawrence277]

Wow! This is amazing, Thanks man🤝

[@OgatRamastef]

amazing, andrey!

[@danielhanlon8431]

i like this guy, logical technique presentation that can be easily understood. need more videos though

[@mrforce3091]

Great info. Slick videos. Cool accent. Just subscribed. Keep at it!

[@MDigitalProductions]

Amazing tutorials as always, but I'm curious about something totally off topic, where'd you get that sweet hoodie jacket from? 😅

[@bxlxrteeworlds8782]

THIS IS SO UNDERRATED

[@aymanABH]

thank you for the informations, that was really cool

[@draven8560]

So many good tips and tricks!

[@waseemified]

I like your personality bro 💯💚

[@SilvsFX3D]

*Nice tuto!!*

[@bigdaddystrokes]

I never knew about this. Thank you dudeeeee

[@reynielcaldera1385]

Awesome! Thanks for this Andrey :)

[@tanaysuthar1667]

This is so helpful sir..... You are great sir 🙂

[@PouletMasaky]

Really nice tutorial. As a junior Lighting Artist in the vfx industry, i appreciate to see the best CG youtuber talking about how lighting influence the final product. Thanks again Andrey, your content helped me a lot to join my industry dream

[@ThijsGoedegebuure]

Are you working at Rodeo FX?

[@PouletMasaky]

@@ThijsGoedegebuure yes

[@ThijsGoedegebuure]

@@PouletMasaky Whoaa that's the dream of every CG artist I guess, did you went to filmschool or just studied CG yourself?

[@PouletMasaky]

I went to a CG school in Canada, in the province of Quebec, but before that, I started my CG journey as a self taught (mostly compositing in after effects). During my studies, I kept watching tutorials on the side

[@ThijsGoedegebuure]

@@PouletMasaky That's very cool! I'm thinking about doing something similar. One more question if you don't mind: what's the average age of first year CG students at the school you studied? I guess it's something like 21? Thank you.

[@XCESSDINGO]

thanks man you are a great teacher

[@jacquespang1531]

Hello, Really like your video, may I know, how could you make the brake disc's chrome brush texture dispay in cycle not in verticale way? Thx a lot

[@barb30]

Hey Love your videos! No bullshit just facts. I am studying to become a surface modeler and I am working on my showing of technic! Can you point me in the right direction of learning to make a light up sequence of the headlights... bin looking for ages for one. Thanks a lot! Keep doing what you do!

[@stevegeorge7773]

Really great Andrey. 🙏

[@matinmoghtadi6378]

amazing job

[@TheReflectedOne]

one of the reasons you get so many fireflies in octane is using light without a texture or as Andrey explained: "an even light". it can easily be solved by adding a falloff map to the distribution in C4d or 3ds max. it also happens when you use a HDRI with sharp lights and decreasing the "GI clamp" or "hotpixel Removal" doesn't help you to get rid of fireflies.

[@abeblue]

nice tips

[@studiooff2946]

Best channel on youtube! ✌🏻

[@tobiaswendling116]

StudioOff True 😍

[@poloo92]

Great learning , thanks for the video 👍

[@galluzzo81]

very good tutorial , thanks

[@alex.muntean]

You do amazing work. :D

[@rainermbongo1384]

Awsome lighting tutorial.

[@srjnm]

those flares look really badass! are you playing with some camera settings?

[@Fedebona]

In camera settings, postproduction, there you can enable bloom and glares

[@amjadahmed7909]

please make C4D course YOU ARE SO TALENT

[@Zefrem23]

Capo de tutti Capi!

[@craveleaks8102]

Thank you once again, Andrey Lebrov.

[@omritmusic]

Big Fan Of Your, From Nepal You Are Fantastic Brother.

[@InstansVisio]

Even without any type of light or HDR, the car headights already look crisp... I will never understand how you are able to achieve this. Even with +3 hours of tweaking, I am unable to understand the magic, even though I am playing with light objects and glass objected in conjunction... Awesome tutorial I would say, missing this tiny part!

[@desongvilla]

great tutorial

[@GaryParris]

anyone who is a pro photographer or for film knows this stuff, i would always recommend people look at photography lighting techniques, ive seen people in 3D explaining it, but they usually only look at movie/film making but they can learn a lot from photography.

[@gedankenfang3931]

1:38 Fantastic Backlight! Post oder did you render it like that? Im finding it nearly impossible to render a nice realistic backlight in VrayC4d.

[@phonegiga]

i love your work thanks bro

[@ttnkff]

That's Gold!