CG Light Series #2 - Lights Setup

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This is the second video in a series of tutorials about lighting.
In this video we'll go over the relationship between lights and shadows and how to control it using light hierarchy, light direction, and shadow quality.
In the next videos we'll look into how to get specific moods using different light setups.
Clips in this video are from these movies:
2001 - A Space Odyssey (1969)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
The Harder They Fall (2021)
Good Time (2017)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Django Unchained (2012)
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Why Shadow Matters
01:05 - Light Hierarchy & Direction Intro
02:19 - Key Light / Front Light
02:49 - Side Light
03:01 - Rim Light
03:27 - Back Light
03:58 - Fill Light
04:31 - Background Light
05:16 - Reflectors
07:01 - Negative Fill
07:51 - Shadow Quality Intro
08:08 - Soft Light
08:43 - Hard Light
09:37 - Common Light Setups
11:04 - Why HDRIs
12:53 - Outro & Patrons Shoutout

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@NewPlastic Жыл бұрын

I just noticed a small mistake when talking about Shadow Quality at 08:09 - Soft Shadows are achieved by a light source that's large and/or *CLOSER* to the subject. Hard Shadows are achieved by a light source that's small and/or *FURTHER* from the subject.

@allexrain 2 жыл бұрын

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!! NEW VIDEO!!!

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

You know it! New one coming very soon!

@giorgiomarangolo 2 жыл бұрын

Man what you did with this series is awesome. This is way better than a paid 3d masterclass or 3d school courses. One of the best 3d channels on youtube!

@NewPlastic Жыл бұрын

Ain't nothing like free knowledge to help people learn!

@javalijavardo5411 2 жыл бұрын

You really nailed the Rembrandt light at 11:05

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's beautiful right? So simple and effective.

@gustavoferreira2951 2 жыл бұрын

You know you the best!

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

You the best Gustavo!

@viero313 Жыл бұрын

AMAAAAZING VIDEO man!! Gold knowledge

@NewPlastic Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah dude!

@prettygrotesk254 2 жыл бұрын

this has leveled me up so much. notice me senpai.

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

It levels me up too!

@edrevvvv 2 жыл бұрын

the triangle thing on the cheek left me speechless WTF

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah so simple and cool

@PabloLucio 2 жыл бұрын

I think I can do a pretty accurate impression of your "hey, this is guy from New Plastic", heard it a lot of times! Thanks for these series of tutorials. Keep it up!

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

Haha holy shit are you Guy from New Plastic I love your channel

@javiertoscano 2 жыл бұрын

It's a real "Condensed Master", I want my certified degree..... You´re great, Sensei. As always ;)

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

Haha no degrees needed here just experience and creativity.

@simonverrill 2 жыл бұрын

Killer video man. Really enjoying this series. Makes me want to jump back on my machine and create. Keep it up

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

That;s incredible dude that's all I want!

@8thballondor Жыл бұрын

Amazing series, thanks for the great content. Those cinematography YT channels you recommended are so good.

@NewPlastic Жыл бұрын

They're amazing dude! Studio Binder's videos are a weekly watch for me. Just watched their video on "Nope" and realized there's so much CGI in it!

@TheHumanAnonymous 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love all your videos man, quickly became one of my favorite 3D tutorial channels. Perfectly in-depth without dragging on too long, and super knowledgeable. Keep up the great work King

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely my pleasure! Really glad to know this

@tarineccleston1166 Жыл бұрын

Hey just wanted to say that I love the quality of your videos and how engaging they are! A lot of the advice comes from first principals which is great. It's really helpful for someone like me who has come back to CGI after a long hiatus :)

@NewPlastic Жыл бұрын

So excited to hear this Tarin! Hopefully you're back with lots of rekindled inspiration!

@ZxSilverAngelxZ 2 жыл бұрын

You are legend!

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

You are!

@adhamalasad2896 2 жыл бұрын

your content helped me a lot thank you for the awesome work

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

My pleausre dude! Happy to hear that!

@aspizak 2 жыл бұрын

Great suff, always. Best wishes,A.

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

My man Adam, thank you boss. Love your work and appreciate your support.

@lucasschafer8323 2 жыл бұрын

just thank you

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

Aye just you're welcome!

@musecreation1084 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing thank you

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

@ArgoBeats 2 жыл бұрын

8:45 dope

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

Yes love hard lighting!

@ArgoBeats 2 жыл бұрын

@@NewPlastic me too, great work man

@magice0123 2 жыл бұрын

great tutorial man keep the good work, also can you do a hair tutorial normal hairstyling and stuff thanks again for the tutorial

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

I have a tutorial series on Afro Textured hair styles. I'll probably go back to making more diverse hair styling tutorials, I just had to stylize some hair for a project and it was hella fun but also such a headache lol

@yebutonu 2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to #3 and onward. I think I'm already familiar with the basics of #1 and #2, but I'd be interested in seeing more complex light setups. Do you ever build multiple 2/3/4-point light setups for multiple subjects in complex scenes using light-linking? Perhaps it isn't "realistic", but I feel it's another advantage we have in 3D

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I'll be getting into more extensive and specific light usage to get different effects. I'll probably touch on light-linking but honestly i really barely use it. I just usually find a way to get the lighting to work, especially using negative fills and stuff like that. The main problem with disabling an object from getting lit up is that it sometimes ends up looking weird because the eye kinda recognizes the unrealistic way the light doesnt catch on that specific object, even tho it should if you didnt disable the light affecting it. But yeah, I do find rare uses for it and I'll incorporate in a tutorial.

@yebutonu 2 жыл бұрын

@@NewPlastic I think I take advantage of it generally for giving my characters in a scene their own particular low-powered lights to accentuate things. Though with respect to realism I totally agree with you. I'm keen to see more advanced light setups, maybe even moving lights that are constraint to certain animations? :)

@danimator8909 2 жыл бұрын

Love it

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

@normalrender Жыл бұрын

These videos are so helpful for me switching from standard renderer to octane! I have a question: Where do you get the human models you use?

@NewPlastic Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear! Most of the models I use are models I bought from the Daz store. I had a period where I had a few projects that required good human models and I just bought a bunch of really high quality ones, so I just keep using them

@luiszarzoza3762 Жыл бұрын

nice! :D

@NewPlastic Жыл бұрын

:D :D

@Glyphraider 2 жыл бұрын

yeeeeeaaaaas))

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

@ruicarneiro1640 2 жыл бұрын

Im just learning 3D and my mac can only run Corona render. What you show here can be replicated in Corona too?

@NewPlastic 2 жыл бұрын

Yessir! This is a general approach to setting up your lights that you can use in any engine

@ruicarneiro1640 2 жыл бұрын

@@NewPlastic Perfect, thank you so much! Keep up the phenomenal work, your videos are a must for every 3D artist.

@NewPlastic Жыл бұрын

@@ruicarneiro1640 I know it's a year later but just wanted to say thank you for the kind words! Have you purchased a new computer yet? :)

@ganeshanvekar5009 2 жыл бұрын

I have a question, I don't have octane instead I'm learning redshift so are these principles and techniques still be applicable in redshift? And so far Loving these tutorials looking forward to more.

@brobpony4792 2 жыл бұрын

as both a redshift and octane user i can say that yes, lighting principles work with any renderer. however, you might have to tweak some things; for example, with rs you can change the spread of an area light rather than just scaling the area light up or down (octane has no spread option in its area lights)

@raghavdeshmukh8460 2 жыл бұрын

@@brobpony4792 is scaling in octane exactly similar to spread in redshift ?

@ganeshanvekar5009 2 жыл бұрын

@@brobpony4792 And can I able get the same result as from the video by using reshift?

@brobpony4792 2 жыл бұрын

@@raghavdeshmukh8460 they do the same thing, tho you can also scale area lights in redshift too

@brobpony4792 2 жыл бұрын

@@ganeshanvekar5009 you can get similar results (maybe 80% - 90%), as to exactly the same, probably, you'll have to test and play around a lot with light power and color grading as allr enderes treat light and colors slightly differnetly.