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LightingwithVRayforSketchUpdefinitiveguidepart3

ByNomerAdona
Thistutorialismythirdinthetutorialseries,LightingwithVRayforSketchUp.ThislightingtutorialwillfocusonStudioLighting.
Forthoseofyouwhowanttoseemyothertutorials,includingpart1and2inthisseriespleaseclickhere.Inthistutorialwewilllearn
howtosetup:
Asimplestudioscene
Howaprofessionalphotographerssetuptheirstudiolighting
HowtosimulatethislightingusingVRayrectangularandomnilights

Step1.Modelingthestudioscene
Iwillbeusingthisprofiletobegincreatingmystudiobackgroundwall.

StudioBackgroundProfile
Next,IcreatedanArcwith48segments(Window>EntityInfo)

DrawArcwith48Segments
IusedtheFollowMetooltocreatethis3Dshapeshownintheimagebelow.SelectyourArcsoitishighlightedandthengoto
Tools>FollowMeandselectthefaceofyourtemplatetocompletetheshape.

UseFollowMeTool
Next,selectthewholeshapeandrightclickonittoselectSoften/SmoothEdgestosoftentheedgesofthe3Dshape.

SoftenEdges
Iimportedalowresolutionmodelfromthe3DWarehouseandplaceditinthemiddleofthescene.Themodelwasfurthersmoothed
usingtheSubdivideandSmoothscript.Youcanalsodownloadthismotorbikehere.

MotorbikeinPosition
Hereisthecloseupcameraview.

CloseUp
Step2.StudioLighting
OnesubjectIteachinschoolisdigitalphotography.Inourdigitalphotographyclassweenjoyexperimentingwithstudiolighting.For
thoseofyouwhowanttoknowmoreonhowprofessionalphotographerssetuptheirstudiolighting,thisismynumberoneresource
PhotoflexLightingSchoolforstudiosetup.Throughthissite,Ihavelearnedsomuchaboutstudiolighting.
Onthissite,theyexplainclearlyvarioustypesofequipment,suchassoftboxes,nbarnlight,diffusersetc.Theyalsofocusonthetheory
oflightingeneral.Soifyouareanavidphotographer,thisisamustsitetovisit.

LightTheory

UsingaTypicalSoftBox
Therearedifferentwaystosetupstudiolights.Itdependsonthemoodandwhattypeoflightingyouwanttoaccomplishghetto,high
key,lowkeyetc.Inthisparticulartutorial,Iwillbefocusingoncommonhighkeylightingsetup.

TypicalHighKeyLightingSetUp
Theimageaboverepresentsthecommonhighkeylightingsetup.Thesubjectisinthemiddletwobackgroundlightsshootingonthe
whitebackgroundthemainsoftboxlightinfrontandthesecondarylightreflectorontheright.Ofcoursetherearedifferentwaysto
setupstudiolighting,butthatwillnotbecoveredinthistutorial.

SetUptobeUsedinThisTutorial
TheabovelayoutrepresentsthekindoflightingIwanttodoforthistutorialandtheimagebelowrepresentstheselightingelements
withVRAYLights.

LightingSetUpRepresentedbyVRayLights
Theimagebelowshowsthe3Dstudiosetup.ThemainlightisahugeVRayrectangularlight.Thestriplightingontherightarefour
differentVRayrectangularlights(invisible),whilethestriplighttotheleftisasingleVRayrectangularlight(remodeled).Finallythe
Omnilighting(affectspecular,shadowwereunticked)servesasbackgroundlighting.
Note:ThebiggertheareaoftheVRayrectangularlight,thesoftertheshadow.

TheSetUp
Step3.VRayLightSettings
Nextweneedtosettheparametersofourlighting.IputthemainlightIntensityat5.0,secondarystriplightsIntensityat3.0and
backgroundomnilightIntensityat1.0

LightSettings
YoucanalsodownloadtheVispotthatIamusinginthisrender.
Hereisacollectionofrenderimages.Thefirstimagebelowshowsabirdseyeviewontheeffectsofthelightingonthemainmodel.

BirdsEyeView
Hereisarenderwithmynormalcameraviewsetup.Intherenderbelowthespeculareffectofstriplightingisveryobvious.

NormalCameraViewSetUp
Toexplorethistutorialfurther,wecanalsoexperimentbychangingthelightcolorswithlightgelsthatarecommonlyusedintypical
photographicstudiolightingsetups.

ColoredLightGels

ColoredLightGels

FurtherExample
Ihopethistutorialisusefulandyouhavelearnedsomethingnewthatyoucanuseinyourfuturework.
Thanksforreading
NomerAdona
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1. jsononNovember5th,20116:49am
thankyouverymuch
2. redonNovember18th,20116:01am
youhaveanawesometutorials..ithankyouforthis.
3. VanRyanonDecember19th,20125:12am
thisiscrazy!excitedtotrythis!
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