How to Light Cosmetics Bottle in Blender (Quick Blender Tip 20)

In this Blender tutorial, I will show you how to light cosmetics bottle in Blender. Cosmetics product seems pretty easy to access for beginner photographers or designers, however, cosmetics products' packaging usually comes with a reflective surface and is very tricky to light. Using default lights in Blender is not a good way to light glossy surfaces, we will use a gradient map to refine the lights in Blender.
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  • @lolololol7573
    @lolololol75735 күн бұрын

    This idea actually makes so much sense. I've used black and white boards traditionally in the studio too, but somehow I didn't think of it using it in blender. Thanks!

  • @yuzhenwang9764
    @yuzhenwang97642 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I've been struggling with the default lights for so long, I am surprised it's that easy to fix the sharpness from the area light.

  • @lesliebrink2045
    @lesliebrink20458 ай бұрын

    Beautiful detail Wenbo, thank you for sharing your expertise.

  • @JoelChapmanTheHumanist
    @JoelChapmanTheHumanist2 жыл бұрын

    Brotha! I really love what you are doing here, I think its such a wonderful bridge from photography to CGI product photography. Keep up the good work!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you brother 😎

  • @stephansmokov4952
    @stephansmokov49522 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot Wenbo! It's amazing to see how you bring photography knowledge to 3D. Cheers!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Stephan 🤓

  • @7om666s
    @7om666s7 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your techniques!!!

  • @thegraphicgangsta
    @thegraphicgangsta Жыл бұрын

    I never thought of using a gradient for lighting. Thank you for this tutorial.

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Now you know it🤓 you’re so welcome mate

  • @JoaoSilva22222
    @JoaoSilva222222 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a Lot Zhao! I´ve been trying to use gradients as lights, you´ve helped a lot!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    No worries, glad to help 🤓

  • @tcheadriano
    @tcheadriano2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic!!

  • @H53.
    @H53. Жыл бұрын

    One of the best tutorials about lighting I have seen. Keep the great work up!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 😊

  • @MrNasserRadi
    @MrNasserRadi2 жыл бұрын

    absolutely it is helpful,, I liked the way making white BG with white ground and reflection which is instead doing that in Photoshop. Thanks million

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome brother 🥰

  • @natniszakov_
    @natniszakov_2 ай бұрын

    Amazing man! Thank you! 😊

  • @user-co5qg6fy1i
    @user-co5qg6fy1i2 жыл бұрын

    The best tutorial about lightning in blender I've ever seen!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you mate🤓

  • @yana_psycho
    @yana_psycho Жыл бұрын

    This is better than any show! Thanks a lot!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    wow thanks a lot 🥰 Ioanna

  • @zazlysanjaya8807
    @zazlysanjaya88072 жыл бұрын

    thank you agaiiiin !!!! going to practice it now. this is really help me a lot! :)

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️

  • @nussberger
    @nussberger3 ай бұрын

    Gold nugets of information. Thank you!

  • @Moove_Studio
    @Moove_Studio2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic work as usual Wenbo!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks ☺️

  • @Konghao
    @Konghao2 жыл бұрын

    I found this kind of tutorial for a long time ,thank U so much.Keep going ......

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your welcome 🙏

  • @tsvetelinahristova4197
    @tsvetelinahristova41972 жыл бұрын

    omg this video changed my life! Thank you!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    wow glad to help!🥰

  • @lucasbiittner4642
    @lucasbiittner4642 Жыл бұрын

    Very high quality content, thank you!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    you are so welcome

  • @Frostroomhead
    @Frostroomhead2 жыл бұрын

    Another one gem tutorial

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate, glad you found it🤓

  • @jsr9703
    @jsr9703 Жыл бұрын

    Excelent work! This video is so helpfull. Thank you for sharing your knowledge

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re so welcome 😉

  • @Albert_Sierra
    @Albert_Sierra2 жыл бұрын

    The bottle looks super cool

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you🥰

  • @andreasprott2182
    @andreasprott21822 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial! Learned a lot!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad to see you here🥰

  • @raulgalets
    @raulgalets Жыл бұрын

    hey wenbo, nice trick I discovered recently. you can use a gradient texture with a color ramp on the emission shader instead of an image. gives you nice quick controls and you can even make radial or linear gradients on the fly

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Sure thing bro, it works as well👍

  • @naqabposhniraj
    @naqabposhniraj2 жыл бұрын

    Such a informative video!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you🤓

  • @bec1201ify
    @bec1201ify2 жыл бұрын

    YOU ARE AMAZING!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    😊 thank you

  • @cjforex2010
    @cjforex20102 жыл бұрын

    Very useful information. Thank you.

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️

  • @Boipelo
    @Boipelo Жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Thank you!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    you are so welcome😁

  • @CryptoNightshade
    @CryptoNightshade2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome tutorial, thank you super much for this. Here i am trying to light my objects with regular lights like a Donkey.

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol your are so welcome 🥰

  • @flacer7181
    @flacer7181 Жыл бұрын

    It's really useful,thank you for your sharing

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️

  • @vubuianh6253
    @vubuianh62532 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful!!! thank you sir

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️

  • @Handleneeds3ormorecharacters04
    @Handleneeds3ormorecharacters042 жыл бұрын

    It's help me a lot, thankyou 👍

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear 🥰

  • @oussamay.2919
    @oussamay.29192 жыл бұрын

    Really nice details!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you😊

  • @MrPakstons
    @MrPakstons2 жыл бұрын

    amazing!!!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊

  • @TheOBoogy
    @TheOBoogy2 жыл бұрын

    Aaaaaand subscribed

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol thaaaaaanks

  • @abigaillyj
    @abigaillyj Жыл бұрын

    0:00 Useful explanation behind the choice of Lighting used, based on material of product. + Why Area Light should be avoided. 6:05 Importance of setting up a wide backdrop 8:20 How to create 2nd lighting setup (E-commerce look) with reflective ground surface 11:25 3rd lighting setup with (Black) Flag P.S. I really like your tutorials! They are short, informative and very practical. Keep up the good work! I rewatched your video on how to deal with burnout when I felt like quitting and got motivated again!

  • @mshawnlatham5459
    @mshawnlatham5459 Жыл бұрын

    I am so new to Blender I was able to create my packaging and it finally looks correct. But I have no idea how you actually created the acrylic base, the emission background, the lights with a gradient.... Thats where I am currently. But the image looks amazingly well lit. Coming from a product studio you did very good. If you could explain how to create these simple things in Blender that would awesome. Thank you.

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome buddy, I think you are referring cosmetic modelling, I have a full pro course about modelling, please feel free to check it out or you can search cometic modelling in KZread for some free tutorials to start with🥰 hope this helps

  • @derirus
    @derirus2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️

  • @hozannkotiet6561
    @hozannkotiet6561 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    you’re welcome ☺️

  • @tony02able
    @tony02able7 ай бұрын

    Very informative tutorial. How you made this red black gradient liquid inside the bottle? Can you share this Tip? I'm new to Blender. Thanks Wenbo!!

  • @berniaz_
    @berniaz_ Жыл бұрын

    Hello, Wenbo, thank you for this kind of tutorial, i was curious how do you manage to have a transparent logo on the bottle? thank you

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    create a png file of your logo, then load in as an image texture, then connect color and alpha to the principles bsdf shader

  • @danielokay
    @danielokay Жыл бұрын

    hi Zhao! Thanks for the great job here! can use that kind of gradient effect on the light area?

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes you can

  • @irshadsait3814
    @irshadsait38142 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️

  • @thedevil9442
    @thedevil94422 жыл бұрын

    ooh... so instead of just light object, you use a gradient emissive plane for lighting? pretty cool. thanks for the insight

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️ it is a much softer light

  • @h2tnews752
    @h2tnews7522 жыл бұрын

    thanks

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    😉 You’re welcome

  • @scartrow44
    @scartrow44 Жыл бұрын

    Using this kind of light setup on reflective metal surface makes the black show in reflections, is there any way to remove that? I'm trying to make a light with one sharp side and one soft side to show in the reflections. Thanks for your efforts, nice to apply photography lighting to 3d.

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    you are so welcome😁

  • @dragstan
    @dragstan Жыл бұрын

    Conteúdo precioso

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks

  • @designcurator7810
    @designcurator7810Ай бұрын

    How do you create your own lights?

  • @PKVFX-vp7zf
    @PKVFX-vp7zf9 ай бұрын

    which graphics card you have? its rendering 1k samples so fast on both viewport.

  • @jenniferrenson7405
    @jenniferrenson74052 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot🙏 Where do you find labels? Thx

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    You can create the label on your own, just find references images and similar typeface

  • @Subliphoto

    @Subliphoto

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WenboZhao Ok I'm creating my own. Thank you. Jennifer

  • @Arnaud___
    @Arnaud___2 жыл бұрын

    I would love a (paid) tutorial about how you designed this product, it looks fantastic !

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Check out my course on Gumroad, you can find the link from the video description

  • @Arnaud___

    @Arnaud___

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WenboZhao i saw it but it seemed more focused on the wine bottle, will buy it anyway :)

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    You should be able to design similar products that have cylinder shapes

  • @tearapartdottv

    @tearapartdottv

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WenboZhao What about all the logos/ branding and all the 2D graphic design elements on the products? Do you replicate from scratch or is there a trick where you pull everything off from a photograph or scan of the real thing etc? Thanks for the tutorial :)

  • @chrisharvey7461
    @chrisharvey7461 Жыл бұрын

    this is amazing ty, if you ever feel like doing anything on beer and wine wink wink nudge nudge

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol gotcha

  • @Spexter92
    @Spexter92 Жыл бұрын

    are u doing something special with the print? or its just a png on 3d object?

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    do you mean label?

  • @robertogfontes
    @robertogfontes Жыл бұрын

    in my project i can't create this light,here just don't work, i set to emission surface, but don´t work

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you use cycles engine?

  • @robertogfontes

    @robertogfontes

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WenboZhao oh no, I found a tutorial about it, that was exactly it.

  • @egement9371
    @egement9371 Жыл бұрын

    I see nobody mentioned this but man what the hell is your gpu setup? that 1024 samples rendered in 2 sec :D

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol 😂 my gpu is RTX 3080

  • @muniden
    @muniden2 жыл бұрын

    Can i know your computer specs?

  • @weijia7575
    @weijia75752 жыл бұрын

    支持!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    谢谢

  • @Cancan_lv
    @Cancan_lv2 жыл бұрын

    请问博主是中国人嘛?看名字像~

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    哈哈哈 是的🤓

  • @sidekick3rida
    @sidekick3rida2 ай бұрын

    Better to put the gradient on a real light. Using override materials to do a clay render won't work if you use a mesh as a light source, as one example.

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