Studio Setup 2.0 - Cycles

July 19, 2014
22,697 Downloads
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Blender 2.7x
Render: Cycles
Creator: JohnsonMartin
License: CC-0

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Studio Setup 2.0 - Cycles preview image 1

Studio Setup 2.0 - Cycles preview image 2

Studio Setup 2.0 - Cycles preview image 3

Description:

I created this lighting setup for displaying my own models in a consistent form. I hope that this is useful for anyone else that needs this.

///Update! v2.0

Improved reflections

Depth of Field Control

Updated Lighting

Note: The scene included renders like the first preview image. The rest are made my changing the color of the backdrop and the lights.

Happy Blendering!

studio lighting light professional

Comments:

Wig42

Great work, always handy to have. I love it when people do the hard work for me. Thanks for sharing.

Edited July 19, 2014
JohnsonMartin

Thanks! Yep, always nice to have something like this one hand so that you don't have to redo it every time you make something.

Edited July 19, 2014
elvetos

Thank you very much, RegusTtef, this is more than only useful!

Edited July 20, 2014
JohnsonMartin

No problem :) Glad you can use it!

Edited July 22, 2014
ericblender7

this is pretty cool

Edited July 21, 2014
JohnsonMartin

Thanks

Edited July 22, 2014
jancyclops

This is pretty much what I use except my lamps are just flat planes with the emission material but no black. Is there any reason for the black and the shape of the emitters? And is the black material only on the backs of your lamps?

Thanks.

Phil.

Edited August 12, 2014
JohnsonMartin

The black is there so that you don't get any bounce lighting from the back of the plane. Its not really needed in this setup but in certain scenes it can help. :)

Written August 12, 2014
tk1214

Actually, that's a good idea. Haven't thought on that... I used materials with different look for front and back faces before, but I never tried to use that on emitter planes to reduce bounce lighting. Good idea! (well, I said that in the beginning, didn't I? g)

Written August 13, 2014
JohnsonMartin

Yeah, its a lot like how real lighting setups work.

Written August 13, 2014
FXR

I'm noticing it seems fast. I like the way its rendering the SSS skin tone as well.

Written August 13, 2014
JohnsonMartin

Glad it works for you :)

Written August 13, 2014
FXR

Oh, one alibi - It sort of freezes all other aspects of blender while its rendering. Cant access any windows or even shut the render down. Small point, but the look is ... Great!

Written August 13, 2014
JohnsonMartin

That is for speeding up Render times. There is a lock icon in the render panel. It saves memory which speeds up the render. And you can still cancel the render via the ESC key.

Written August 13, 2014
blenderess

Thank you so much for this!!

Written September 23, 2014
JohnsonMartin

No problem ;)

Written September 24, 2014
xXLifeStartsNowXx

Thank you so much! this was exactly what I was looking for!

Edited October 20, 2014
JohnsonMartin

Glad it was of use to you!

Edited October 20, 2014
wfx

Thanks!

Edited November 13, 2014
JohnsonMartin

No problem!

Edited November 24, 2014
cavalerablend

thks!!

Edited November 18, 2014
JohnsonMartin

Glad it was useful :)

Edited November 24, 2014
islara1

big thanks my freind!! so cool!!

Edited December 26, 2014
JohnsonMartin

Thanks :D

Edited January 07, 2015
TowerCG

Finally getting around to finding a really good use for this :D I'm loving it already! :D

Edited April 10, 2015
JohnsonMartin

Oops, sorry for the super late reply :P Glad you love it!

Edited May 23, 2015
TowerCG

Hehe! :P No problem... ;) Me too :P

Written May 24, 2015
idealtitude

Thanks for sharing! :)

Written April 14, 2015
JohnsonMartin

No worries :)

Written May 23, 2015
quella

Excellent , thanks for this nice setup

Written April 14, 2015
JohnsonMartin

Hope it helps you :)

Written May 23, 2015
adanos6

Thank you very much,this is sweet!!

Edited May 29, 2015
JohnsonMartin

No worries!

Written March 04, 2016
Gilu

Thanks a bunch!

Edited July 29, 2015
JohnsonMartin

No problem!

Written March 04, 2016
DeejayAziz

thank you man :)

Edited September 16, 2015
JohnsonMartin

Hope it's useful!

Written March 04, 2016
Lumberjack

Really excellent studio setup, just what I was looking for, thanks!

Written November 04, 2015
JohnsonMartin

Thank you

Written March 04, 2016
lmrose1

I'm very new to the world of blender so something like this is very handy. I'm just entirely sure how to open it up into blender, If you could let me know it would be greatly appreciated

Written December 22, 2015
JohnsonMartin

Unzip the .zip file you downloaded. Go to File>Open> and navigate to where you saved the file and press "open". :)

Written March 04, 2016
kesey

Thanks man!

Written December 28, 2015
JohnsonMartin

Thank you!

Written March 04, 2016
rennanakio

Thanks a lot for sharing, How do I credit you in my portfólio?

Written January 03, 2016
JohnsonMartin

Just say: Studio Setup by "Johnson Martin". And a link my BlendSwap page would be appreciated!

Written March 04, 2016
COKINI

Wow this is awesome! thanks for sharing

Written February 14, 2016
JohnsonMartin

You're welcome!

Written March 04, 2016
leo247ce

I will try it now. Thank you.

Written April 01, 2016
irvinethesteve

thanks you looks great so far

Written November 23, 2016
Rocktober

Thank you very much for sharing. I used it for a product sample - works great!

Written January 31, 2017
VigoB

Seems awesome, thanks!

Written September 30, 2017
kenzou

Thank you

Written November 30, 2017
amdraiegon

I've been using this for about a month now and it's amazing! My eternal thanks for keeping this free and in the community. I've added credits on my website pointing back to here and your work. thank you again!

Written December 14, 2018
urmelimurlaub

Super danke!

Written February 24, 2019
renerene

cool thanks!!!

Written February 27, 2019
Bumblebee

Thanks for this! Could you please explain the DOF_Control layer???

Written August 11, 2020
the_blender_b

Sir can I use this Commercially

Written September 02, 2020
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Thansk for work

Written October 01, 2020
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