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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