The Power of LIGHTING in Blender!

[@Smeaf]

This is gonna be *_LIT_*

[@KaizenTutorials]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@shubhamvyas9459]

This question is for both of you guys. Can you tell me how you add audio effects in your videos? Is there any audio package/website where i can download them?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Epidemic sound is what I use for all my SFX! Link is in the video description 👍🏻

[@shubhamvyas9459]

@@KaizenTutorials Thanks bro. 🙏

[@Smeaf]

@@shubhamvyas9459 Yeah, same deal here. Epidemic is the GOAT. But also I spend way too much time finding niche video game SFX 💀

[@metatechnocrat]

I prefer to render using no lights, then let the viewer use their imagination. Also renders really fast.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Ooh nice, yeah! I like recording my videos without turning on my mic and camera. Makes for a real clean look in the final tutorial!

[@crim-son]

😂😂

[@abhilashaagrawal5994]

Noice

[@rjwh67220]

That’s my entire work flow, developed over many years of experience (for “experience” read “sloth”).

[@japneetsingh5549]

😂😂

[@Max-oo1xw]

DUDE Blender 3.2 was released almost a year ago and I somehow I never got told that we finally have Light groups! This is a gamechanger for everybody with a slow PC who cant just rerender a scene just to make small adjustments. Thank you very much!

[@Rachitblend]

The best option for lighting is a softbox, which I learned about in this video. Thank you so much! I will save this tutorial to my playlist.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Awesome, glad I could help 🙌

[@Joey_brar]

this channel has some of the best blender tutorials

[@KaizenTutorials]

Glad you think so, thanks!

[@VrisToK]

Really good!!! Thank you :D

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@HarnaiDigital]

WOW. This video has everything I needed to perfect my lighting set up. Specially "over exposed" images since there's no tutorial regarding how to properly overexpose 3D renders to achieve realism. Keep it up man.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Great to hear! Thank you!

[@macofish1]

No kidding, right? It's too late tonight but I can't wait to try this.

[@DerekElliott]

Awesome video! You covered so much in ten minutes! Have fun in Japan with the lady!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks Derek! We will definitely have a blast, can’t wait! 🤗

[@arashiuchiha1591]

Something I realized, very quickly was my background in photography was going to be how to save my butt in blender when it came to my renders. This video however, made me realize I need to make use of not just the default lights and HDRI's and hope for the best. Appreciate it!

[@KaizenTutorials]

You're correct!

[@GaryParris]

well done covering these, Portal was another Light which Blender Guru has a video or two uses, and maybe CG cookie, blender is so versatile. You also have laser if you utilise the free Luxcore Renderer. As a photographer too it's good to learn photo lighting techniques we use in the real world as you correctly mention, good work and hope you have an awesome time in Japan.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks! Yeah the options or infinite basically. These are just things that ship with Blender. But if you start introducing addons the possibilities grow exponentially!

[@TheDucky3D]

Absolutely killing it!!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Yooo thanks dude! 🙌🏻

[@Bogdan11512]

I discovered you today and I don’t understand why you don’t have a million subscribers at least… you explain everything that no one does in the best and easiest way possible

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks a lot for the kind words! I wish I had a million subs haha

[@FamilieNetra]

Wow! 10 mns is worth my whole month study. Thanks, brother! God always bless you!

[@KaizenTutorials]

You are very welcome, glad you like it!

[@millerbyte]

Hi -- this is the one. This is my favorite lighting tutorial. Well edited / presented, gets to the point, lots of helpful tips. No, this wasn't written by ChatGPT-- thanks for posting!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Haha thanks a lot for the kind words!

[@s3thm1chael44]

I know I'm late to the party here but thank you so much for making this video. Man I've been wanting to learn more on this and what great coverage here. Appreciate the work!

[@liftbridgetown]

this is one of the absolute best blender tutorials!!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Wow, that's some high praise! Thank you!

[@AgeOfGarSkew]

This is always good info to go over again. I use Eevee for my animations. I fake global Illumination by adding lights, for example an area light on the ground pointing straight up imitates light bouncing off the ground. You actually get more control that way, artistic license at the cost of mathematical accuracy. It works for animation.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Nice! Thanks for sharing your tip 🙏🏻

[@Voiding-ofdark]

Wow this video is really looking bright for beginners.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Glad to hear that!

[@KaizenTutorials]

And I love the word play 😜

[@nekioneki4583]

Best light tutorial I have seen by now

[@KaizenTutorials]

Wow thank you!

[@kloa4219]

this is an enlightening resource made by a bright mind! hope you get additional exposure

[@KaizenTutorials]

Haha love it, thanks! 🙏🏻

[@量産型万年七段]

Hello, I always watch from Japan. Thanks for the useful information! Please enjoy Japan!

[@KaizenTutorials]

にほんじんですか？ありがとう、にほんはたのしますね！

[@funkydwarf]

working on some interior designs rn I'm hoping to incorporate some of the tips into my work 🙏🏻

[@KaizenTutorials]

Awesome! See you there 💪

[@kevinlewellen1037]

My new favorite lighting video! Thank you and thumbs up 👍

[@KaizenTutorials]

Wow, thanks. Appreciate that!

[@theillitistpro]

Strong, and Loud, applause. The upmost Blender lighting information and in just 10 minutes. Impressed.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks a lot, appreciate it!

[@theillitistpro]

@@KaizenTutorials You deserver it, fully.

[@MrX-pc5xn]

Dude, you have the best thumbnails.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thank you! Although I have to give credit here to William Fauchner here, who has a very similar thumbnail for an Unreal Engine video :-)

[@kaustubh9710]

Aahh yess,right when I completed my modelling course and starting the lighting one!!!🍷

[@KaizenTutorials]

Timing! 💪

[@Rengine_3D]

Thank you for sharing such valuable tips 😍

[@KaizenTutorials]

you're most welcome!

[@mustanggox]

i swear i was just looking for a video on this, thank you!!!

[@KaizenTutorials]

That's the YT algorithm for ya, haha!

[@ThatMS]

Easy to understand lighting tutorial, though i knew most, there was information I didn't know about! Very helpful for the fake lights, i had no idea that existed and just eyeballed all of my lighting 😂

[@sinasinaie]

Awesome video! So many tips in just 10 mins. Thanks for sharing.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks Sina, appreciate it!

[@mfrazeehvacc5012]

Another Super Excellent Tutorial! Thanks for taking the time to create it.

[@KaizenTutorials]

You’re most welcome!

[@Artur3D_]

Спасибо, классный рассказ и понятный. Но в любом случае нужно потренироваться лично, иначе результата не будет. Я кстати не знал, что на свет можно нодами настраивать

[@violettracey]

Thank you!

[@KaizenTutorials]

You bet!

[@fullyleaded]

BRILLIANT! As always!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@derancrooz8744]

waiting to use these in my next project

[@KaizenTutorials]

Love to hear it!

[@IvayloGogov]

Great as always!

[@shorter5583]

Thank youuuu

[@KaizenTutorials]

No problem!

[@pitched7401]

Wow, i didn't know about Light groups and IES Lights at all. Great video!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks, glad I could show something new :-D

[@rdvanuyank2880]

thanks man this thing worked thanks a lot man love lots keepsafe!!!

[@noiz3678]

this had answers to things i couldn't make a question for but knew I needed

[@KaizenTutorials]

Haha love it!

[@arghyabasak6234]

thanks man

[@motiondesignberlin10243]

Awesome summary - thanks!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dolphard]

Oh baby, Thanks much for reminding me of IES. Was trying lighting on a thing, but couldn't get it. This should do the trick! 🙂

[@KaizenTutorials]

Glad it helped!

[@dolphard]

@@KaizenTutorials 😀

[@aniketmajumder7501]

I wish i knew about IES technique earlier Thanks Kaizen

[@KaizenTutorials]

No worries, always glad to help!

[@jessesmans9791]

damn i love those studio lights

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks!

[@duongcua9400]

I've search for many light document but this video is so clarify

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks!

I can't believe this video was only 10 min with so much informations. It surely gonna help me for my next projects !

[@KaizenTutorials]

Awesome, glad to hear that!

[@EvanNepal-m3s]

very helpful. Thank you

[@KaizenTutorials]

Glad you like it, thanks!

[@benveasey7474]

Will Eevee Next include IES lights?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Not sure if it ever will. But with EEVEE Next there will be a lot of changes to make EEVEE more realistic. Think in terms of making it more like Unreal in a sense and mimicing Cycles more. So it might just include IES and other lighting features!

[@LazyBart]

does the SSGI addon not work on the newest versions of blender?

[@KaizenTutorials]

It's not an addon! It's a standalone build of Blender. It's a 3.1 dedicated branch. So you'll have to open whatever project you have in that separate build.

[@LazyBart]

@@KaizenTutorials ooooh, alright. ty!

[@tennohack6704]

This is all extremely good info that I needed, but the Light Groups thing blew my tiny mind, I love compositing and this just CHANGED THE GAME

[@KaizenTutorials]

Awesome, love to hear it.

[@tennohack6704]

@@KaizenTutorials Thanks for all the helpful videos, man!

[@jonesrj7503]

whoa whoa i came for lighting but bro enlightened me with some anime tips ... dayum good

[@KaizenTutorials]

Haha thanks! 🤗

[@ryzhov_art]

Thnx!!

[@KaizenTutorials]

No problem!

[@humphrey.b]

Super detailed and helpful 🔥🔥

[@KaizenTutorials]

Appreciate it!

[@PanVladyslav]

thanks very practice and usefull

[@nahlene1973]

I wish I could like this video 10x, thx!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Wow that’s such a compliment, thanks!

[@devanshmagotra4450]

Sir I am not a professional bt. tried my hard every time to be gud in all this ur tutorials are the best suited to me... Thank You!💫

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thank you, appreciate it and glad I can help! Keep at it and you'll become great eventually 🙏

[@devanshmagotra4450]

@@KaizenTutorials Hope so...🤞

[@beachchickensmedia]

Fun video! Love lighting, so satisfying

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks! Yeah lighting is really satisfying for sure!

[@Pixelmar3D]

wow your Videos are so so helpful. Thank you for all this nice tips and tricks. :)

[@KaizenTutorials]

Glad you like them and thanks for the kind words!

[@jagmanimacion7689]

liked all of your videos

[@KaizenTutorials]

Niiiiiice

[@krishnacainc99]

W

[@ArtwithAmarBrisco]

You forgot to discuss custom emission lighting methods for specific situations well the standard lights are not the best. Also how to light specific surface to ensure the best render of subsurface, cavity, reflections, volumetrics and ambient occlusions. This I guess was more of a general overview of lighting in comparison to traditional lighting used for photography and filmmaking. Ok thanks for the link to the old build on blender I forgot about the GI Eveeve build. I downloaded it ages ago before and totally forgot about it.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Good ones! To be fair I forgot a TON of things, or moreso I didn't forget, but I could've made this video 50 minutes long with lighting tips and tricks haha.

[@TheRumpletiltskin]

man's used a graphic with the basics at 2:17 that i could have used years ago. brain explosion.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hahaha the interweb is full of goodies!

[@faruambient]

great video thank you! quite a distracting light in your bg though 😀

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks!

[@claw214]

kaizen - "to bring change for the good"

[@KaizenTutorials]

I hope to, absolutely!

[@DearGround]

4:42 I'm trying to do my Gobos but I think it doesn't work. I link ColorRamp's "Color" output to Principled's "Alpha" and it's work but I don't know that was right. When I link Color output to "Base Color" input it's not working

[@KaizenTutorials]

Linking it to Alpha is correct! The base color doesnt contain transparency data so it makes sense that that doesnt work. Just use only ALpha :-)

[@DearGround]

@@KaizenTutorials Thank you

[@joaovitordecastrolima7570]

Nice tutorial mate.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks!

[@Brown3D]

Yeah you give me some lesson again,thx u,i will go back later to watch this,i'am relax now😅

[@KaizenTutorials]

Great! Enjoy your relaxing time ;-)

[@Brown3D]

@@KaizenTutorials thanks dude,i appreciate that :)

[@taratantara]

Japan has mobile 5G hubspots that you can throw. and forget in your bag and connect your phone to. They’re pretty cheap and work well!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Yeah so we've learned! Pocket wifi is amazing!

[@AtoomikDzn]

They just released an experimental light linking branch I'll be waiting for the 3.6 video !

[@KaizenTutorials]

Ooh cool! Yeah 3.6 is gonna have some banger updates.

[@MIHAO]

great stuff but the translucent bsdf material still appears solid in cycles for me. what am i missing?

[@KaizenTutorials]

That's weird.. did you plug it into the right socket? Also the plane needs to be close to the light source. You can also mix it with a mix shader and a transparent BSDF. Then change the factor to get the result you want!

[@Vectorr66]

I am a photographer and love lighting :)

[@KaizenTutorials]

Awesome! Lighting is amazing to get better results. For real life settings and for 3D alike!

[@szhamteck9680]

Can you mention movie's title of that bird in the intro please? Thank you

[@KaizenTutorials]

You can check it out on the artist's website here; www.agvart.com/

[@romanocgi]

awesome video love your video

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks so much!

[@asfandyar1392]

Amazing bro. Your way of teaching things is excellent. I was following blenderguru and arijan but their method of teaching is not good. I got all the points from your video by going through once. Thank you and keep sharing knowledgeable videos

[@KaizenTutorials]

Awesome to hear. Glad I could help 🙌🏻

[@totochandelier]

don t be afraid to overexpose : true

[@KaizenTutorials]

Yeah, adding light is waaaay harder in post than removing light. As long as you’re not clipping a LOT ofcourse!

[@3dSensei952]

Great content!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks a lot!

[@theillitistpro]

Gobos, never heard this term before... Odd. Thank you for putting a name to a technique I knew about but never had a name for...also the add-on information.

[@KaizenTutorials]

My pleasure!

[@theillitistpro]

@@KaizenTutorials No, Sir, Thank you.😉

[@racingindie2168]

Anyone know where the footage come from at 0:03 sec?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Yesss, it's a scene I made myself for my Day 'n Night tutorial. It's using one of the free Demo files provided by Blender where I added lighting, camera's and a day and night cycle.

[@racingindie2168]

@@KaizenTutorials I really appreciate your quick answer! Thanks i will have a look. Keep on creating high quality videos man, your channel will blow up ;)

[@mythman30]

in the section about light color temperature do you have any idea why my point light has no "nodes" dropdown menu like yours does? it has a shadow dropdown instead with no toggle for using nodes

[@mythman30]

i figured it out, it has to be in cycles, the option isn't there in eevee

[@KaizenTutorials]

Well done!

[@fxinstitut]

Blender "Light Linking" is available in Branch build

[@KaizenTutorials]

Yeah I heard! An amazing feature for Blender to finally get! :-D

[@rjwh67220]

False color! I’m flashing back to the sixties! My LSD simulation is back on track!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hahaha 🤣😂

[@philipschroeder5427]

Maybe I mix things up here, but can't you get global illumination by using ambient occlusion?

[@KaizenTutorials]

I guess maybe you could sort of. But AO looks at concave and convex shapes and doesn't respect bounce lighting etc. In that regard GI is more or less a raytracing thing and can't be copied like that.

[@Satabol]

"THE MARTIAN" book has mirror UV at 0:11. )))

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hahaha lol how did you even notice that

[@rockstara1317]

Thanks bro for give me this addon

[@KaizenTutorials]

You’re welcome!

[@alexandrosdarky]

i came here for the memes (i died on the eevee next when? part) ,Aside from jokes sick tutorial as well though.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks as always Alexandros! Appreciate it 🙌🏻

[@alexandrosdarky]

@@KaizenTutorials just saying what i am seeing hehe! Keep making amazing stuff.

[@saltnpepper8152]

Pc specification that you are use... Please...😊

[@KaizenTutorials]

Ryzen 7 3700X, Aorus Elite X570, 32GB RAM and NVIDIA RTX3070Ti

[@saltnpepper8152]

@@KaizenTutorials Can you name a pc that has all these?

[@cholasimmons]

I wish I got onto the blender bandwagon a lot earlier, but instead I found C4D 😊.

[@KaizenTutorials]

C4D is great too, but yeah Blender definitely wins in regards of community, free learning material and overall being the GOAT 3D software ofcourse.

[@cholasimmons]

@@KaizenTutorials now, yes.

[@MrKrealfedorenko]

Wow! Please! Make a quick tutorial with this "Monkey Light" on the video preview. Greetings from Ukraine❤️

[@KaizenTutorials]

Maybe someday I will, thanks! Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@MrKrealfedorenko]

@@KaizenTutorials :))) Thank you) That's an amazing "contrast fashion light".

[@ahiro7639]

Why don't I have any nodes for the lights or why is it not possible to put them in nodes?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Because you’re probably using EEVEE and should be using cycles :-)

[@21st44]

Who understood entire video Lets frame it this way What percentage of [00:00 to 10:03]min video u understood ? Two category 1 )Understood - thumbs up 2)NOT UNDERSTOOD - thumbs down * *What u don't know Will help u enhance u know

[@KaizenTutorials]

I understood 100%!

[@PrinceEagle]

Great Explanation! I never utilized light groups before but now I have something to check out. Enjoy your trip to Japan bro! 楽しむ

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks thanks and ありがとう！

[@zaenalteam4017]

Hm my house modeling feel so blend because i use low spec laptop so i can't render on cycles hope this video will help my scene

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hope so! 🙌🏻

[@zaenalteam4017]

Hm i try to install SSGI but it wasn't come on my add on hahahaha

[@zaenalteam4017]

Ah ok my bad already solve hahahah

[@zaenalteam4017]

I really like your video it was help my road on blender thank you

[@realblenderassassin]

bro make video on blender 3.5

[@KaizenTutorials]

I wanted to, specifically about Simulation Nodes. But they weren't included in the final build so I went for this one! But they're coming in 3.6 so you can DEFINITELY expect a video on that!

[@mohitmojito]

Hey Kai can we know what PC specs are you running? 👀

[@KaizenTutorials]

Yes! I have an RTX 3070Ti, Ryzen 7 3700X CPU, 32GB RAM and an Aorus Elite X570 motherboard.

[@mohitmojito]

@@KaizenTutorialsThanks man! How's the 3070Ti doing for you? Do you find the 8GB vram limiting?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Sometimes yeah. It’s great most of the time. But for heavier environment stuff it’s limiting sometimes. I would like to have 10-12GB haha

[@deliannebouma6712]

Thank you for this video! What laptops do you prefer for using blender? Thank you!!

[@KaizenTutorials]

In all honesty I 100% prefer Desktops for Blender and work in general. But a laptop in any case would need a decent beefy GPU and CPU to function well. Any laptop with an RTX 30 series card and a decent Intel or Ryzen CPU will do :-). Also try and get as much RAM as possible!

[@badzigenhalsensis]

You forgot about hdri lighting

[@KaizenTutorials]

I did!

[@CinematicDestiny4K]

I like the soft box idea but blender light bounces tend to have problems with emissive surface lighting and the soft box setup seems to make just as much noise as an emissive surface. Any ideas for how to reduce the noice when using the soft box method?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hmm yeah it’s a bit of an issue. You can probably get better results by upping the light paths. But it will increase your render time!

[@CinematicDestiny4K]

Thank you! Appreciate the reply @@KaizenTutorials

[@evil3dsponge580]

quick question for the box/cube in your area light demo. the top of the cube feels it's glowing/blooming in the render. how did you achieve that?

[@KaizenTutorials]

I turned on Bloom and use enough power for the light. Nothing else really, just basic settings no additional complex stuff.

Nice video as usual. Just one question, do you know if the Blender foundation will enable passes by lightgroup ? Ligthgroup are great, but for VFX, lightgroup + passes will be better. Actually I make a different scene inside Blender to output AOVs by lights but if 4 lights, 4 rendering process, 4x time to render.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thank you! I'm not sure if I am the right person to answer this as I don't do a whole lot of compositing etc in Blender. But afaik you can have renderpasses, render layers and light groups all as separate layers. If you then use an addon like Super Image Denoiser and combine all these into proper exportable EXR layers you can just render the entire thing out in separated EXR layers, while still maintaining control over each layer in regards to your renderpasses (e.g. mist etc), separated render layers (with cryptomattes) and light groups. But I might be overshooting Blender's bounds here haha!

@@KaizenTutorials In production I use Renderman, Arnold render, Guerilla Render and it's "easier" for passes and LPE. For my personnal or commercial personnal projects I prefer Cycles because it's faster to produce image using GPU and iterate and if needed, cpu produce the same render. And it's easier to send it to an online renderfam and no converted data textures everywhere lol. The only missing thing right now, for me of courses, it's to have lightgroup that output also diffuse, color and co in one render specific to lightgroup. I use multilayered EXR in Davinci Resolve (Fusion page) And send back my 3D part to denoise after compositing (to avoid problem with sampling when using substractive compositing to extract and modifying data) in Blender to do like, I think Super Image Denoiser (one pass with ODIN and after one pass in command line for Optix temporal denoiser). The denoiser in Davinci Resolve is good but not really for 3D. I need to automate my process with a script for the denoise part but have good results.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Cool, you use a vast pipeline of software to do it! I think it just needs to be whatever works best for you!

[@mediaguy9557]

William Faucher thumbnail...

[@KaizenTutorials]

Yessir!