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Lighting for visual effects can be tricky. As one tries to virtually replicate light and shadow within a virtual space, matching the real ambient lighting in the original scene can be challenging if you don’t use the right workflow. And doing it by eye? Forget about it.
One visual effects guru on YouTube has a new workflow that uses a few simple yet high-tech tools to realistically insert a 3D model into a scene with no one being the wiser.
A Little History
Most use a high dynamic range image (HDRI) to capture as much of the scene as possible and to see the direction of the light and how the shadows play around it. This is then used to create a lighting map to match the light that was present on the day your plates were shot.
Author: James DeRuvo
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
