All language subtitles for 00_introduction

Hey, my name is Gleb Alexandrov :) and this
is the introduction/promo video

of our new course, Cinematic Lighting in Blender!

this is an extensive video guide for those who
want to learn the ins and outs of lighting in

Blender to make every scene look more professional
and... well... *cinematic*. if I had to guess the biggest

challenge of CG lighting that we've all been
through at some point, that would be this and I

wonder how familiar that sounds: no matter what I
do with lights it just looks wrong, it looks flat,

it looks like an everyday photo with absolutely
no emotion attached and the problem is that I have

no idea why. it seems that some CG artists just
know the secret to making it look right. to cut

the story short I believe there is an ingredient
list for a sort of lighting secret sauce and if

you tick most or even some of the boxes from this
list it will instantly improve the result. you know,

things like place the key light on that side and
not on *that* side, make the shadows fall this way,

make the light bigger and softer by attaching the
modifier, like... balance these levels, there is just

really a list of techniques and principles to CG
lighting that just... work. and fortunately it's not

rocket science, it can be learned fairly quickly,
actually that's what this course is all about,

please welcome, Cinematic Lighting in Blender,
a premium course that offers a step-by-step guide

for setting up dramatic lighting in Blender, for
character shots, for still life and object shots

and for 3D environments as well, for pretty
much anything using both Cycles and Eevee.

let me walk you through the contents now. in the
first chapter we'll have a look at the still

life lighting formula with Cycles, Blender's
most realistic render engine, starting from

scratch we'll build our setup one step at a
time from the key light to the special effects,

along the way we'll be talking about the crucial
light characteristics such as direction, softness

and falloff, after watching it you'll be ready to
light a typical object or a still live shot to

make it look three-dimensional and cinematic,
after that we'll learn how to properly store

the wide dynamic range light values generated
by Cycles and bring out the best qualities of

your renders with some basic post-processing in
the Blender's compositor. the second chapter will

be all about setting up lighting for a character
render in Cycles. to make it easy to digest we'll

approach it one light at a time, this time
starting with an hdri environment and then

getting to know the key, fill and backlight
within a famous three-point lighting scheme.

after nailing the basics we'll polish it up with
practical lights and special effects like haze and

dust. by the end of this chapter you'll know all
the tools you'd ever need to light any character.

light groups are awesome for realizing
renders in post, it is important to learn

how to make use of this Blender feature
to try different lighting styles or looks

without having to re-render anything. the third
major chapter of the course will be the interior

lighting formula for Eevee giving Blender's
real-time render engine it's time to shine.

after a familiarizing ourselves with the tips and
tricks from that chapter, I'm sure will have zero

problems with realistic yet moody environments
of that style all rendered in Eevee with the

latest deck for simulating global illumination
such as ssgi or screen space global illumination.

the fourth chapter will pass the ball to Cycles
once again, expect a complete environment lighting

setup explained for the sunlit warehouse
location. we're gonna be exploring different

light layers of which it is composed, then we'll
spice it up with the 2D beams of light and some

post pro to create an extremely realistic yet
expressive lighting. and I wouldn't be surprised

if new videos and even new chapters will be added
over time, so just imagine there could be even more

tutorials that we haven't mentioned... on the other
hand we would probably update this video then? :)

anyway all the models and Blender scenes that
are needed for following along the videos or

just checking the final result come along with
the course and I will be available for download.

as for the difficulty, answering the question
is this course for me? it would definitely help

to have some familiarity with the Blender's
user interface and tools, if you have just

begun using Blender then we would recommend
watching any beginner course to get yourself

acquainted. that being said as with our previous
Photogrammetry course, a dedicated support channel

as well as the students chat on Discord
will be available, so if you get stuck, the

other students as well as the Creative Shrimp
team will hopefully help you to get unstuck :)

six years ago we released our first lighting
project that some of you may remember, it was

called Realistic Lighting, it was an important
milestone in my artistic career, I'm deeply

grateful to everyone involved and I hope
you love this new one as well that is the

result of everything we've learned over these
years! so that is it, my name is Gleb Alexandrov,

welcome to the Cinematic Lighting in Blender
course, if you have any questions, feel free to

reach out to me via Twitter, Discord Channel,
emails, whatever works for you, any questions

and really any kind of feedback is always
appreciated! thank you so much and welcome.

[Uplifting Spielberg movie-esque Music]