The course begins with an essential overview, preparing you to dive into the world of Blender with a focus on lighting and compositing fundamentals. It progresses to cover lighting basics, where you'll learn to manipulate area, point, spot, and sunlight sources, and understand their properties for creating mood and atmosphere.
The course focuses on Blender's Eevee renderer to teach ambient occlusion, bloom effects, and real-time rendering options, enhancing the visual fidelity of your projects. Advanced lessons explore techniques for reducing render times, exploring HDRI skybox lighting, and achieving stylistic effects with cell shading.
The course wraps up with practical applications in night scene lighting, professional 3-point setups, interior and studio lighting configurations, and the intricacies of 3D environment presentation. By the end, you'll be equipped to add depth, realism, and emotion to your 3D scenes through proficient lighting and compositing.
Apply HDRI skyboxes for environmental lighting
Utilize Eevee renderer for ambient and bloom effects
Accelerate Blender render times efficiently
Implement cell shading with Freestyle
Light night scenes and create volumetric fog
Set up professional 3-point lighting