How to Use HDRI Lighting in Blender Like a Photographer (Quick Blender Tip 29)

In this Blender tutorial, I will show you how to properly used HDRI lighting in Blender. The most common mistake that beginners make is to use HDRI lighting as the key light, which is the most bright light resource of the scene, and do not pay attention to the color cast that HDRI come with when doing product renders.
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  • @HarshYadav-ne3oy
    @HarshYadav-ne3oy2 жыл бұрын

    Honestly I have seen so many of your lighting videos, and I love how you always try to explain the fundamentals. I dont understand how you do not have more subs though!!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol 😂 thanks mate, love your comment 🥰

  • @damio111
    @damio1119 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Wenbo Zhao. You are the best... Best channel for Blender Tutorials!

  • @markhalliden11
    @markhalliden112 жыл бұрын

    I like how your videos always teach me some new thing I didn’t know before, great video as always!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your support Mark🤓

  • @lazyy3d
    @lazyy3d2 жыл бұрын

    Wenbo, you are a gem. thanks for all this in depth knowledge about product renders, it really helps a lot to people like me are newbie in this field. Keep up the good work.

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks bro 😎

  • @jaecehogue9454
    @jaecehogue9454 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this and all of the other wonderful tutorials you have give us! I had several "aha!" moments in this video, and I'm so grateful to you for teaching me!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re so welcome 🥰

  • @wasser78
    @wasser7811 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much, it’s really professional and very helpful 👍

  • @IronLordFitness
    @IronLordFitness Жыл бұрын

    Super high quality as always. Even though the best advice to give to a beginner about lighting is that there's no secrets about this. It's highly scene dependent and beginners should gather the most lighting solutions as they can to face all ligthing scenarios. Sometimes a simple sky texture is gonna be way better than the best Hdri. Sometimes only a point light with ies light node will make the most realistic render. And sometimes it's gonna be an hdri map. One bonus tip : I'm an archviz artist and the most precious thing that I learnt about lighting an architectural scene is that cloudy Hdris work better than an over contrasted sunny Hdri. In photography you'll rarely see any over contrasted scene but rather pale, greyish and not eye appealing pictures. Like what you see in Google Street Maps. If you can get this kind of look, you'll won the game. Not at first but if you compare this kind of pictures with an eye popping, contrasted and colorful render, you'll understand what photorealism really means!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot 🥰 you have a great point

  • @morizanova
    @morizanova2 жыл бұрын

    I really love the idea about getting "the tool work for you not the otherwise "vibes from your video . With those mindset we can use your awesome tips in any 3D software . Super thanks and I `m planning getting/investing in your course after getting paycheck from freelance gigs

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your kind words🥰

  • @growupempresas3698
    @growupempresas36982 жыл бұрын

    Very usefull tips, as always! thank you so much man!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    No problem 😉

  • @lesliemorrisdesign
    @lesliemorrisdesign2 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial, many thanks. Now I need to revisit all my models and start with the lighting again ;)

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol welcome back 🤓

  • @mequable
    @mequable2 жыл бұрын

    Funny how I purchased just yesterday the same type of mask. As a blender novice I think I know how to model this type of object. Thank you for your tutorials, these things are exactly what I'm interested at - modelling and lightening objects from the beauty industry. Your videos are very valuable because of your photography knowledge and your ability to explain photoshoot setups.

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you mate😎

  • @Lucyely
    @Lucyely Жыл бұрын

    I’m new to blender and this is extremely helpful, thank you so much! ✨

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️

  • @jeremiahschwartz1930
    @jeremiahschwartz19302 жыл бұрын

    Another great video thank you Wenbo!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks bro

  • @smartbizpromo926
    @smartbizpromo926 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing really good stuff

  • @blenderlessons4198
    @blenderlessons41982 жыл бұрын

    The best tutorials. Thank you so much

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 😊

  • @Kalyptic
    @Kalyptic Жыл бұрын

    This is some good info here, thanks for the video!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    you’re welcome mate 🤓

  • @LucianoSalomoni
    @LucianoSalomoni Жыл бұрын

    Thank's a lot for sharing your knowledge! Your videos are amazing. Greetings from Brazil

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    You are so welcome 🥰

  • @amirshayanmoghtaderi5840
    @amirshayanmoghtaderi5840 Жыл бұрын

    Super helpful tips. you deserve much more subscribers.

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate 🥰

  • @smilgu
    @smilgu2 жыл бұрын

    Very useful video! Thank You!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️ glad to know it’s helpful!

  • @thetradingpostcapetown
    @thetradingpostcapetown Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Subscribed and thumbs after watching and rendering online - solved my problem - HDRI must be done in the node editor ♥

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the sub!

  • @binht8746
    @binht87469 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your videos!

  • @sachihosai
    @sachihosai Жыл бұрын

    Very informative! Thank you

  • @AngelAgudoGuerrero
    @AngelAgudoGuerrero2 жыл бұрын

    Another great video. Thanks a lot!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️

  • @pro2dstudioCOM
    @pro2dstudioCOM4 күн бұрын

    great stuff

  • @ih4269
    @ih4269 Жыл бұрын

    Great stuffT Thanks Wenbo

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome mate 🤓

  • @stefanguiton
    @stefanguiton Жыл бұрын

    Excellent tutorial!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks bro

  • @jonathanmarcelthome
    @jonathanmarcelthome Жыл бұрын

    Great Video! Thank you!!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️

  • @Albert_Sierra
    @Albert_Sierra2 жыл бұрын

    Great tips!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    thanks🤓

  • @hotsauce7124
    @hotsauce71245 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @TheTchaume
    @TheTchaume2 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video as ever. Thanks. What do you think mixing hdri with Nishita sky to master the direction avec light and other ?

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks:) I have not tested it yet, I dont think you can mix these two together seamlessly without many testing. I would recommend you do choice one of the method, keep the lighting simple. hope this helps

  • @IvorryVagner
    @IvorryVagner Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video theme.

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    you are welcome 🤓

  • @wyro1741
    @wyro1741 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this! I have had trouble rendering out HDRIs as backgrounds or reflections - any tips? Sometimes with reflections, I can see the light in general, but not the crisp reflections. And with the backgrounds, sometimes they come out oversized not what I see my previews. Thanks if you have any setting ideas. Appreciate your work!!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you do any modifications on your HDRI nodes?

  • @irawankusuma
    @irawankusuma Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️

  • @evaluck8161
    @evaluck81612 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome ☺️

  • @voskobiinyk
    @voskobiinyk2 жыл бұрын

    Thx for a video) Maybe I can have a wrong understanding, but hdri with studio light that is same as like areal light setup, but with 360 degrees distortion and that can be easily reproduce without a hdri map?

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don’t quite understand your question, HDRI have some limitations regarding light control, but it is a quick and easy way to get our scene illuminated

  • @RiCK-km7no
    @RiCK-km7no Жыл бұрын

    thanks for the video. I have a problem on both eevee and cycle when I put the hdri nothing appears. you do not see the picture as you do. with cycle you can see only in the reflections on the redering but with eeeveee nothing works. not even on renderings

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you enable the transparent function for HDRI background?

  • @osamayounis9066
    @osamayounis9066 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your explanation, also could you please tell me where i can find the (tree) model in video 12:00 m

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks buddy, you will need to create your own with images

  • @osamayounis9066

    @osamayounis9066

    Жыл бұрын

    I can’t understand you clearly , I thought its a model of leaves , any way thanks ❤️

  • @user-ee7vc3sd3b
    @user-ee7vc3sd3b4 ай бұрын

    how to use hdri please make video on this

  • @JKaty10
    @JKaty102 жыл бұрын

    tutorial on how to make the leaves scene? :)

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds good 🤓

  • @JKaty10

    @JKaty10

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WenboZhao cant wait for it! thanks! 😄

  • @Helios.vfx.
    @Helios.vfx. Жыл бұрын

    Do you make those leaves from scratch too or use some assets?

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Image texture

  • @pruephillip1338
    @pruephillip1338 Жыл бұрын

    My problem comes from having Sunlight cast shadows, and these don't align with the HDR shadows, even after Binding to Texture or Sync to Sun. Big headache. That would make a good video.

  • @denisfelvinczi8488
    @denisfelvinczi8488 Жыл бұрын

    Hi, I'm a beginner in Blender and I find it very difficult to create something in Blender. I would need the project with the cream bottles, can you help me? Please.

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Check out my case studies

  • @misssboom
    @misssboom Жыл бұрын

    Can you please link the hdri used in this video please?

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    polyhaven.com/a/the_sky_is_on_fire here you go😎

  • @jwu122
    @jwu1222 жыл бұрын

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    谢🤓

  • @muratozyurt1656
    @muratozyurt1656 Жыл бұрын

    I was able to render brighter with the video

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    Жыл бұрын

    Is that what you want?

  • @muratozyurt1656

    @muratozyurt1656

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@WenboZhao not really. But this video got me what i wanted

  • @veiss8801
    @veiss88012 жыл бұрын

    Check out HDR Light Studio - www.lightmap.co.uk/ It makes targeting surfaces with light pretty easy with it's LightPaint feature.

  • @WenboZhao

    @WenboZhao

    2 жыл бұрын

    thanks for sharing🤓