All of you guys know that problem: Do I need ocatboxes, softboxes, more direct or indirect lighting? Is this guy using any color gels? How exaclty does everything behind the camera look and how’s the “light design” of this image? – If you’re wondering about all of that just like most photographers do, you’ve absoluteley come to the right place! ... Read More »
Our new Learning Tool for set.a.light 3D is now officially out!! Finally, we can present you the long-awaited version of the learning tool for set.a.light 3D. In this video, you’ll learn how everything works and how you’re able to control it. ➔ What is this Learning Tool? With this, you can now open special workshops in set.a.light 3D, which contain lots ... Read More »
With the latest update to version V1.00.88, we have implemented the support for 4K displays (Windows). set.a.light 3D recognizes the resolution of the display at startup and automatically switches to the 4K mode. We also included new control ranges for our own flash heads. The update to version V1.00.86 fixes an error in the undo / redo. From now on, ... Read More »
In this video, we introduce you to the most important points regarding the update to version 1.00.83. We have developed real time antialiasing for the studio view and camera preview. This effect becomes most obvious in hair and contours. Therefore, screenshots for documentations look much better, for example. Antialiasing has also been added to the exporter which in turn leads ... Read More »
Upon discovering our software set.a.light 3D Joe Edelman immediately made a really cool review video for it. We are immensely impressed and couldn’t explain set.a.light 3D any better in such a short time. So if you want to know what set.a.light 3D is all about, just go watch that video! :) Joe Edelman is a photographer from New York and ... Read More »
How to conjure a simple and sensual Glamour Biniki Shooting in only 5 to 10 minutes? In his video Joe Edelman shows you how to create a lighting setup using only 3–5 flash heads. To create a little twist he’s using orange coloured films and shows you how to use them. Afterwards he shows you how to realize the lighting ... Read More »
Within the free Update we did overhaul the functionality of all Reflector Boards for you. You will no see more accurate bounce light. Plus a laser ray to help adjust the direction of the light. To add more realism to the Rendering and life to our Models we made better reflections for the eyes and more detailed glossiness for the ... Read More »
Naming: Let’s take a quick excursion into the past right at the beginning and see why the Rembrandt Light is called Rembrandt Light. :-) The artist and painter Rembrandt (whose full name actually was “Rembrandt van Rijn”) used a certain lighting style (portrait lighting) for many of his famous paintings and graphics. For many years, Rembrandt intensively studied the effects ... Read More »
Improve Your Photography Skills – Secrets of the Inverse-Square Law of Light Revealed In this blog post, I would like to share some insights with you regarding the connection of aperture and inverse-square law of light as well as their effects on light fall-off. Let me ease you into this topic by explaining the aperture first. Aperture Stops (f-Stops) Switching ... Read More »
You can quickly find a pretty photo on the internet – but how did the lighting setup look like? Let’s take a closer look at a portrait together and think about how we can trace back to the matching lighting setup from here. Meaning, we want to detect the lighting set by reading the finished image and find out how ... Read More »
elixxier – Foto Blog Lichtsettings und Lichtaufbauten rund um die Studio- und Outdoor-Fotografie. Dazu Tipps und Tricks zu set.a.light 3D – Die Fotostudio- und Lichtsimulation für Fotografen.