This Lighting Trick Changed My Life..

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Lighting In Blender can be super challenging. So I've broken down this one amazing lighting technique that has changed my life, and renders for the better!
IMPORTANT Be sure to connect the "Object" vector to the mapping node for this effect to work.
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@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

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@HrafnNordhri 2 жыл бұрын

great video. For anyone not getting the key combos to work.. like CTRL+T and SHIFT+S.. activate the node wrangler add on. It comes with Blender.

@christiantheracer Жыл бұрын

@@HrafnNordhri how do i activate node wrangler add on?

@midsekta6452 2 жыл бұрын

By turning the spread to 1 degree you are essentially creating an almost-sun lamp. Unlike other light sources, because the sun is so far away, the light rays that reach us are parallel, meaning the size of a shadow does not change with distance from the object casting it.

@blenderbooster8426 2 жыл бұрын

How this guy just gonna spawn in and change lighting for me forever

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

I gotta spread the word!

@sohaibmuhammad8749 Жыл бұрын

Same feeling

@mind_of_a_darkhorse 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool and not difficult. This will be a big help, and I believe you can add in image textures as well for the gobo effect!

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Yes you absolutely can! Also videos as well 💡

@nirubansatchithanandakumar3266 2 жыл бұрын

a lifesaver. just followed some redshift tutorials for C4D, making me wish I could do the same for Blender. I knew i could add textures to light sources, but changing the spread to 1degree- that was the missing piece. Thanks so much!

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Yessir! It's amazing what some of the obscure settings can do in Blender!

@GinoZump 9 ай бұрын

thank you, you saved me an aunerism ;p

@tamicoker 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, I had no idea you could use nodes on lights, will definitely have to try it now

@Rockhopper1 Жыл бұрын

Gobo =. Goes Over/Behind Object, it's also known in the states as a cookie, which is short for Cucaloris. I work on set alongside the lighting team.

@bharat5194 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info

@stickykeys7413 2 жыл бұрын

Never thought of nodes on lights! Awesome!

@marcreep 2 жыл бұрын

Great advice! Thank You for that!

@danielestrada7099 2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh that's pretty cool! Thank you!

@rejinaajes1669 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Short yet easy to follow along. The result looked pretty interesting too. :D

@CyberRings-NEET 2 жыл бұрын

super clean! wishing this was in eevee but will def keep in mind!

@CorentinHarbelot 5 ай бұрын

I tried this, it works really well, thanks for sharing!

@Dapps254 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks!!

@jonbrooks35 2 жыл бұрын

Please keep making these cool short videos!

@this-is-gamedev 2 жыл бұрын

Easy and awesome! Thanks!

@MansourAliz1 2 жыл бұрын

didn't know i can shade the light XD. thanks for the info

@itsblkworld Жыл бұрын

Finally, a video that respect our time.

@KenalLouis 2 жыл бұрын

This is disrespectfully good demonstration and tutorial man! Keep it up. You are sick with it!

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kenal!

@basil3201 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing 👏

@creativeplustv Жыл бұрын

Thank’s!

@krishgujaran3987 Жыл бұрын

This very helped light up my scene.

@Frostroomhead 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@homemadechannels9915 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing advice wow

@Kholaslittlespot1 Жыл бұрын

A good way to remember GOBO is "goes before optics"... Helpful in theatre lighting!

@muhammedaksungur496 2 жыл бұрын

you are the best dude

@robmulally Жыл бұрын

Amazing thank you!

@WaveSmash 2 жыл бұрын

Protip, the gain on your microhpone is super high which is why it sounds like that. If you're using an audiobox, turn down the mic sensitivity and boost the volume in post

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

🙏 I’ll need to give that a try

@WaveSmash 2 жыл бұрын

@@Smeaf I'm not 100% certain that is the issue, but it seems like it to me. If you have a USB mic, you probably can't fix it like that. But if your mic is connected to an audiobox via a weird round connector and the audiobox is plugged into your PC via USB, then you should be able to turn it down no problem.

@imicebear5063 Жыл бұрын

u r the best!

@oybektorajanov1828 2 жыл бұрын

maan u save my life early, thanks so muuuuch

@YoIomaster 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, subscribed!

@damndene7824 2 жыл бұрын

He focused on GOBOs, his camera on the background🤣

@DaveKatague 2 жыл бұрын

And you focused on technical vs. the free value he created 😂🤣😂

@damndene7824 2 жыл бұрын

@@DaveKatague true🤣 the Video is great, I was just joking

@DaveKatague 2 жыл бұрын

@@damndene7824 haha it’s ok everyone’s cool here! ❤️

@Ayvazovsky_kar 2 жыл бұрын

Great! Same technique using lately in Cinema 4d, shadows and shapes make more difference ~

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, it’s so powerful and fun to play with 🔥

@feernandomatias Жыл бұрын

Awesome trick!

@bash_god Жыл бұрын

Connect the “object” in the “texture coordinate” to the “vector” in the “mapping”. He forgot to add this step in the video

@timmynator8036 Жыл бұрын

good eye

@bradleyjohn6263 Жыл бұрын

bruh had me here for 2 hours wondering why it didnt work

@_.kiarad._ Жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@spencersmyth5221 11 ай бұрын

thanks lol

@denizcarta6805 15 күн бұрын

which object ?

@EROSNERdesign 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff!! Thanks!

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric! 🙏

@jeanclaudevomdeich4234 2 жыл бұрын

Man YOU ARE AWESOME!!! Love from Germany 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

@bobo9159 2 жыл бұрын

awesome

@olekstarasov Жыл бұрын

Boss & MVP

@jdesrochers9457 2 жыл бұрын

Just found you. This is good. Keep at it , man!

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 🙏

@megami223 2 жыл бұрын

Damm, best 2 minutes spent today

@omkarprabhu777 2 жыл бұрын

Great Tutorial as always, Keep making such short and simple but important videos 👍 A question: Instead of the noise texture if I use the Image texture and select a png file of leaves will that give me shadows of the leaves?

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Omkar! 🙏 Yes, as long as the image has a transparent background or alpha, this will work. 🔥

@omkarprabhu777 2 жыл бұрын

@@Smeaf Great!!!

@tagir_f 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff man

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Thugir!

@markokovacevic3225 2 жыл бұрын

cool tip! For some reason my noise texture is not showing... but did follow all the steps...any idea what I could be missing? EDIT:Connecting the Texture Coordinate node with the Mapping node through "Object" socket fixed the issue.

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, sorry I should have made that more clear in the video! 🙏

@MonotoneCreeper 2 жыл бұрын

@@Smeaf You should probably pin this comment or put it in the description, it doesn't work otherwise!

@CyberRings-NEET Жыл бұрын

You're actually the goat. Thank you so much - I was going nuts

@AtaurRaziq 2 жыл бұрын

From this video I learned Shift S, noice.

@stefanguiton 2 жыл бұрын

Great content! Subbed

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@IrocZIV 2 жыл бұрын

Good tip, just a bit more info on what each step was doing would be helpful.

@supremebeme 2 жыл бұрын

nice tip actually

@mbk5043 2 жыл бұрын

Knew this but it’s definitely a super video for beginners! Simple and quick! Loving the videos, keep going, it’s a fantastic job 😁

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks MBK! Yeah, I wish I had quick short tutorials like this when I was starting out 🔥🙏

@IqroJunio 2 жыл бұрын

0:00 ah yes this video is really *focused* on lighting

@danielnewton2390 2 жыл бұрын

IES textures can also be really handy. They seem to only work on point lights, at least in my experience. There are plenty available online for free.

@mrlightwriter Жыл бұрын

You're my savior! I was trying IES with area lights and asking myself why didn't it work...

@Kholaslittlespot1 Жыл бұрын

I don't know why I was missing the fact I could use nodes for lights. Thanks!

@polygonofc1754 2 жыл бұрын

changed his life

@vfxcodex 4 ай бұрын

Nice tutorial.... Please what is your system setup.

@lucasmartinsabbione7499 Жыл бұрын

Hey I have a basic question, how can I put all the letters, numbers and that stuff into the keys?

@itsziquetv 7 ай бұрын

Hate that it has taken me so long to know this. This has changed my life

@madarauchiha5433 Ай бұрын

Hey smeaf, I am a digital designer but still love your channel. What Gpu do you run?

@christiantheracer Жыл бұрын

how do i do that thing where u get 2 screens with different modes

@lanomalie738 Жыл бұрын

In what version are you in ? There is so much option i don't have in mine !

@Mulnader 2 жыл бұрын

0:45 I thought like "wtf is going on with blender that you were able to pull render with this kinda of quality!"

@sanketvaria9734 Жыл бұрын

how to do lighting fro product renders?

@sikapasdesign Ай бұрын

What is the box around the keyboard I'm a little bit confused and what does it do 😢

@TheGiulianov 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, if the legend on the keyboard is not a texture, how you put it on?

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Just using basic texture mapping :) Just means you have to make the texture manually or get it online and slap it on the keys

@facucabanne 2 жыл бұрын

Can't seem to find the Beam shape property in my area light :S

@aminaskari8605 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted this but i just think about it in my head and never search it then this video comes up!!! Does youtube observing our minds or you just sent by gods???!!!!!

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the first option lol

@NorsePunk 2 жыл бұрын

Any clue as to why this light shines straight through my blinds object without the blinds adding any additional shadow?

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Check in the object properties that it is setup properly to have shadows. It may also not be correctly in front of the light source

@NorsePunk 2 жыл бұрын

@@Smeaf turns out the blinds were set up right but I needed to turn off shadows on the window object

@MixTar73 2 жыл бұрын

i dont understand, i do exactly the same as you do and it dosent work, i can't even see the effect of the noise texture no matter how much i switch it up

@ahmedamir7 Жыл бұрын

how to get the same result on Eevee?!

@BrianLife 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder why you would say lighting is “super overwhelming” I really don’t see how? Anyway, thanks for the gobo explanation.

@guy_roh 2 жыл бұрын

TL;DR Add noise textures mapped to a black/white colorramp to an area light in nodes

@liquidvampz 2 жыл бұрын

heyy fellow keyboard renderer!

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Hey 👋

@eius1vedesigns517 Жыл бұрын

you can share the project plss

@Antoinevdlb 2 жыл бұрын

Is this possible to achieve with Octane and C4D?

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I'm not familiar with C4D's UI, however, the same principle applies. You may just need to use an actual GOBO by placing a plane with an interesting pattern in front of your light source. Just make sure it has an alpha channel so the light can pierce through the GOBO holes!

@molo256 Жыл бұрын

It is already in c4d as an addon called light gobo from gsg

@HrafnNordhri 2 жыл бұрын

I don't have the light preview.. is that a 3.0+ thing?

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is 🔥

@pacman_pol_pl_polska 2 жыл бұрын

"colour" ramp LMAO xD

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Can't help the Australian in me 😅

@breakermixer 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry. Not related to Blender. 😅What is the song at the end of the video? Thanks!

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

It's 'Sojourn - Phello' I get these tracks from Epidemic Sound and you can have a free month trial with this link if you wanna try it out too! share.epidemicsound.com/8zgbps

@watch_a_mod354 2 жыл бұрын

Rule no1: Dont talk about fight club. Rule no2: ALWAYS show the end result FULL FRAME and leave it there a couple seconds. ps:nice trick

@giladharnik2499 2 жыл бұрын

Great tip! One thing though: Could you PLEASE fix the focus of your camera?

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

If I could turn back time 🫠

@princesseilly Жыл бұрын

ok im in love with u, i mean ur videos

@isabel5066 Жыл бұрын

im a student and we use maya..... i pray to god that there is some way to do this... i doubt D:

@miquelriutortgamundi6251 2 жыл бұрын

Tomorrow I have a Physics Exam. Yet I am here learning soft soft. I don't even know what I am.

@Gravehopper187 2 жыл бұрын

Idk why but CTRL + T doesn’t work for me. I have node wrangler installed too

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

Make sure you have clicked on the principled bsdf shader and it should work :)

@Gravehopper187 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@its_prince4real Жыл бұрын

I love the video, but just for joke bro by the tittle I thought you were a blender model/Texture😂

@galevostro6102 9 ай бұрын

U R GOD

@shakaama Жыл бұрын

I don't know if it is more realistic.

@STANNco 2 жыл бұрын

after i did this lighting trick, my ex-wife called and said i could see the kids again

@blenderproject1 5 ай бұрын

ilike it

@strugglingengineer1465 2 жыл бұрын

if this technique is supposed to make my renders stand out of the crowd, and all the crowd learns this technique... how will my renders stand out of the crowd?

@Smeaf 2 жыл бұрын

😰 I shoulda kept it a secret 🤐

@strugglingengineer1465 2 жыл бұрын

@@Smeaf absolutely not 😄 excellent tutorial, short and sweet, the uniqueness comes from how everyone would use it, we are all different and have different tastes. Thank you for your videos!