The only light sources in this scene are the objects themselves. The standard lights in Blender are invisible to the camera, but lights which are objects can be seen. You can turn objects into lights, the benefit being that you can see the lights. The light is soft and the shadows smooth. The texture emits light, meaning you can make a ball, cube or plane be a light emitter. Shadows are sharp when the objects are close to a surface but softer when they are distant.Īnother kind of light you can have in Blender is to turn an object into a light by selecting a surface texture of Emission. Shadows are hard-edged.Īrea lights are flat planes which cast light like a softbox or light reflected from a large reflective surface. These lights are like spotlights, but the difference is the source is a half sphere and the light focusses in straight lines, like a lighting brolly. Shadows are hard-edged and follow the angle of the beam.
Spotlights have a point source, but they fan out at a particular angle set in the properties, and they have a soft transition from the middle to the outer radius, the same as a real spotlight. Shadows cast straight down from the source and are soft.
Sun lights emulate the light you get from the sun the light comes down from the source in parallel lines. Shadows fan out from the source centre in radiating lines. These lights are a tiny ball of light which are omnidirectional – that is to say scattering light in all directions like a lightbulb. The basic types of lamps in Blender are as follows: Point, Sun, Spot, Hemi and Area.
To get good lighting in 3D graphics images, you need to have a grasp of lighting in the real world, so a good tip is to learn how to light photographs from photography tutorials out there on the Internet. In the virtual world of a 3D program the lights are all computed rather than real, but they perform the same function as real world lights. But how can you use all the different kinds of lamp for something approaching real cinematography? Types of LampĬinematography is all about choosing the right lights. In previous articles we have discussed how you light a scene on a basic level.
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