Blender Lighting Basics (Lamps, Emission, HDRIs and More)

The Basics of Blender Lighting for Beginners

Lighting in a Blender scene is important to get your render or animation perfect. This beginner lighting tutorial covers the fundamentals of lighting a scene. We will look at the four lamp types in Blender, HDRI lighting, IES lights and using emissive materials to light a scene. I'll sprinkle in several Blender lighting tips along the way.

Our options to add (or even subtract) light to a Blender scene isn't limited to point, sun, spot and area lights. Global illumination with HDRIs, precision lighting with IES files and even Blender's new light groups are all tools to have in your lighting toolbox.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:25 - Lamps
0:59 - Point Lamps
4:51 - Sun Lamps
5:52 - Spot Lamps
7:17 - Area Lamps
9:25 - HDRI Lighting
10:40 - IES Lights
11:41 - Emissive Materials
12:55 - Light Groups

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[cnaazh]

That shift+T made me press like button

[minalim]

I didn't even know there was an IES lighting until now. Thank you so much😀😀

[MRUStudios]

I wasn't aware you could enter a negative value for a light source's power and have it absorb lighting from that area of the scene. That awesome!

Thanks for the great video Brandon!

I hope you have a fantastic week! 😃

[AJLightShow]

Ok, I got a chuckle. That is worth of subscribing, your light renaming method!

[dorex]

Shift + T...Well, THAT's going to be a time saver!! Thanks

[tanoyist]

Very helpfull stuff regarding light!!!

[artyshmunzuk]

Straight to the point, a no BS tutorial. Thank you so much!

[ganapathyaiyappa]

mate i was literally gonna ask for a detailed video and uve posted it
i love ur shaders related video yet to watch the 2nd part but ive got soo much valuable knowledge and i could apply sooo many of it thanx a lot bless u

[ChristopherCurtis]

Hey guy from California - I don't know if it's you or Blender but this content is great. There's a ton to learn in Blender and your videos are incredibly helpful. I especially like the pacing and information density. I almost made it to the halfway point of this video before I spent the rest of they day exploring the sun setting. Linking to your other videos is also very much appreciated. And for some more good news: YouTube thinks your channel was worth promoting to me. I've already subscribed and look forward to what you publish in the future. Only nitpick is to keep reminding us of the basics -- yes, "adjust it by hitting s" is good but "adjust it with the standard scale tool by hitting s" would be better. And "shift-T" must mean something ... target? Figuring out how to find what where is so overwhelming when getting started, especially for us non-artists. Learning that objects have different properties depending on which render engine is selected explains some problems I've seen. This adds even more complexity to an already complex program. On that note, I get it now but I would recommend reminding people how to change the render engine because it matters so much to what you're talking about here, and it is non-obvious to newbies. Thanks!

[Dustygoodz]

Great video! Literally what I needed lol

[philipmcdonnell]

Thanks for another clear video, Brandon. Lighting makes a scene and this will help me make mine...when I have a Mac that can cope. 😄

[prod.savage_]

I have a problem where when i render i can see the "frame" of the light sources and the straight lines mentioned at 1:32

[ibrahimtaylanoto]

What should we do if we want the lights on the stage not to touch the plane?

[CamSpaghett]

Idk why I watched this. I already know all this. Ig I just didn’t wanna miss out incase there was something I didn’t know

[dustypast]

The way how you describe things is amazing. Thank you for your work, please don’t stop ✊🏻🤍