Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Today, we're going to add some basic lighting to our scene to get us set up to start adding materials in the next part! Welcome back to the Blender Basics Bootcamp - the Blender tutorial series for the ABSOLUTE BEGINNER! Let's get lighting!

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00:00 Intro
00:22 Setting up the Document for Lighting
01:19 Setting up a Rendered Preview
04:55 The types of lighting
05:23 How to use Image Based Lighting in Blender
11:48 How to use Standard Lighting in Blender
17:23 Final Touches and Magic Checkboxes
19:52 Outro

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