CommonPoint Masterclass: 3D Exterior Lighting has launched

In this new (paid) course there are color and composition concepts, lighting techniques, scenario breakdowns, and step-by-step commercial workflows. 29 lessons and 24 hours in total. Everything you need to make your day-to-day job much easier.

For junior/ for senior

CommonPoint Masterclass: 3d Exterior Lighting is designed primarily for intermediate 3d artists and seniors who look for that extra spice for their renders. If you’ve been working in the industry for years and feel stuck in a ditch, this training will give you that nudge you need. A breath of fresh air. A new way of looking at your process. The important thing is that you’ve already dipped your toes in the water and want to dive deeper.

Solid theoretical foundation

Everything you need to know to illuminate a scenario successfully. And what success actually means. What to focus on in daytime shots, and what can go wrong in a night scenario? When is it a good idea to sell an overcast, and what rules out sunset shots. You’ll learn how to negotiate with composition to highlight important things and tone down those standing in the way. So that you have full control over the viewer's perception of your image.

Step-by-step scenario guide

You’ll learn to execute scenarios like day, sunset, overcast and night. So basically everything you need in your everyday commercial work. You’ll learn how to set up HDRI’s and Corona Sun. How to choose the direction of the Sun and build a depth perception in every scenario. You’ll learn many tricks and switch between different mindsets to execute each scenario, starting from a typical day and ending with the foggy ones.

Next level techniques

You’ll love this one, if you dreamt of using volumetric effects in your images. You’ll find a solid foundation to finally do it. And then you’ll dive deep into specific scenarios based on volumetrics and VDB clouds. You’ll play with the lighting and have some fun. On top of that, you’ll see a breakdown of our most iconic images and get more nuances we had in mind while creating them. So you can use the same ideas in your renders.

5 lessons on color

It’s a chance to look at color from a different angle. If you feel something’s wrong with the hues of plants or the sky in your renders, now you’ll learn how to analyze and fix it. One by one. You’ll learn the concept of memory colors, tonal ranges, undertoning, isolation, etc. You’ll train your eye to know what looks good and doesn’t, And build your internal color benchmark that will guide you through different scenarios and color palletes.

Extra visual candy

The training is more than screengrabbing the process. It's a proper edit with tons of examples. You will analyze renders of our invited star guests and learn with schematics explaining aspects of composition and color. There are color comparisons, composition breakdowns, schematics, various tests, and much more. So you can go through the entire lighting process consciously and successfully.

Check out the details of the training on the CommonPoint. website.