In this video, use area lights for soft illumination.
- [Instructor] For small and medium-scale subjects,…such as consumer products,…lightbox photography is a simple…and effective presentation technique.…Simulating a lightbox in a 3D rendering is easy to set up.…Just place the object on a white cyclorama…and surround it with soft lights all at right angles…to one another.…A cyclorama or cyc is a photographic background…that's seamless and easy to illuminate evenly.…The wall and floor are sculpturally joined…with a circular fillet.…
The filleted area is also known as a cove.…The fillet must be a 90 degree arc of a circle.…The radius of the fillet…or cove should be sized appropriately…to the photographic subject…with the goal of an evenly lit background.…To simulate lightbox illumination,…surround the cyclorama with area lights.…The cyclorama covers the back and bottom of the box.…Place quadrilateral lights…at the top, left, right,…and front of the box.…
Size the lights and the cyc, if necessary,…to completely enclose the subject.…This is to ensure that rays reflecting off of the object…
Author
Aaron F. Ross
Released
4/23/2018- Choosing a visualization app
- Managing assets
- Shading with materials and textures
- Daylighting, practical lighting, and studio lighting
- Lightbox and macro photography
- Vehicles and large-scale objects
- Architecture and interior design
- Technical illustrations
- Rendering passes and light groups
- Rendering for print, prepress, and broadcast
- Animating turntables and orbits
- Rigging and animating a walkthrough
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 1s
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Course prerequisites1m 7s
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1. Preparation and Layout
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Choosing a visualization app4m 58s
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Project asset management2m 9s
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Importing and referencing2m 27s
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2. Lighting and Shading
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Adding detail with textures2m 55s
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Daylighting2m 42s
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Practical lighting2m 30s
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Studio lighting3m 4s
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Global illumination3m 49s
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3. Photography
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Exposure and tone mapping2m 54s
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Lightbox photography1m 54s
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4. Rendering and Image Manipulation
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Compositing render passes2m 29s
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Rendering light groups2m 4s
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5. Animation
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Turntables and camera orbits3m 13s
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Controlling camera rotations4m 20s
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Rigging a walkthrough camera1m 43s
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Rendering an animation3m 56s
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Conclusion
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Next steps48s
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Video: Lightbox photography