{"id":1377,"date":"2012-03-05T22:57:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T22:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2012-12-11T14:29:57","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T14:29:57","slug":"light-balance-vray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/05\/light-balance-vray.htm","title":{"rendered":"70s Scene &#8211; Light Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here we are for the first post about\u00c2\u00a0<strong>5-Step Render Workflow\u00c2\u00ae<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0:<br \/>\nour complete method to manage render process in 5 easy steps.<\/p>\n<p>The 1st step is about preparation, a sort of check-in, it consists of easy concepts which often people don&#8217;t care about creating a lot of problems impossible to solve later on. Let&#8217;s get started.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>5SR-WORKFLOW<\/strong>: Check-in \/ Step 1<\/h3>\n<p>First don&#8217;t forget the 3 MAIN rules you&#8217;ll never break:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Never do anything\u00c2\u00a0that does not\u00c2\u00a0exist in the real world<\/li>\n<li>Always use\u00c2\u00a01:1 scale models<\/li>\n<li>Place\u00c2\u00a0the lights\u00c2\u00a0as if\u00c2\u00a0it was in a real\u00c2\u00a0photo studio<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The step 1 is the set up of the job:\u00c2\u00a0<strong>a great final result is always related to a good preparation<\/strong>. Check your models, find good textures, especially find good images to use as references. ( Read the introduction to\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/v-ray-for-beginners\">V-Ray Mini Course<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s move to 2nd step:\u00c2\u00a0<strong>LIGHT BALANCE<\/strong>. I&#8217;ll show you how to manage it\u00c2\u00a0easily:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1379\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/image-post-lb3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>5SR-WORKFLOW<\/strong>: Light Balance \/ Step 2<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Light Balance<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0is one of the most important steps. If you can&#8217;t find a good light balance don&#8217;t move away! Work on it until you have a good one:\u00c2\u00a0<strong>find a good light balance and your final render will be great<\/strong>, that&#8217;s for sure.<\/p>\n<p>The process is based on a light Herarchy. it&#8217;s really simple, watch the video:<\/p>\n<p>[private Premium|Premium-1year|5trainings]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/42277975?byline=0&amp;color=ff9933\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This scene is really, really simple but that it&#8217;s not the point. If you\u00c2\u00a0deeply\u00c2\u00a0understand how important is this step and what are the crucial concetps, you just need to apply the same concepts on every type of scene. Even more complex scenes becasue the concepts never change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONCEPTS<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set White balance on\u00c2\u00a0<strong>Neutral<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0(there are no dominant colors)<\/li>\n<li>Pattern to start working: \u00c2\u00a0shutter speed = 50 \/ Light: around 500watts \/ Material: gray default<\/li>\n<li>Work 1 Light at a time<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0There must be a single shadow in the scene at the end<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMON MISTAKE<\/strong>:<br \/>\nOne of the most common errors is the\u00c2\u00a0<strong>duplicated shadow<\/strong>. This is because there&#8217;s no herarchy\u00c2\u00a0between the lights. Here an example of uncorrect light balance:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/duplicate-shadow2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>EXERCISE<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p>Download the &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/files\/Premium\/70scene\/70scene--START.zip\">70S SCENE MODEL<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;\u00c2\u00a0| &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnvray.com\/files\/70's-style\/70scene--START-OBJ.rar\">OBJ Version<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;and create 3 different light balances using two V-Ray Lights. The concept is always the same: balance the\u00c2\u00a0<strong>First<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0light (stronger) with the\u00c2\u00a0<strong>Second<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0one.<\/p>\n<p>Three different Light Balances to imitate: Click on them to magnify.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bal1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"bal1-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bal1-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bal2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"bal2-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bal2-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bal3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"bal3-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bal3-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"192\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><strong>( <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Suggestion<\/span><\/strong>: First of all try to balances by yourself. To verify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/files\/Premium\/70s-balance-solutions.zip\">download here the solution<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0)<\/p>\n<p>The next week we will talk about step 3: Creating Materials.<br \/>\nEnjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>[\/private]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEP 1-2: Light Balance is one of the most important steps. If you can&#8217;t find a good light balance don&#8217;t move away! Work on it until you have a good one: find a good light balance and your final render will be great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[24,47],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}