Lighting Metal Objects in Keyshot

Level: Beginner. Learn how to illuminate metal products in Keyshot using a custom HDRI for a dramatic and satisfying look.
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[@dcjdesign_7892]

Liam, that scoop background reflection technique is slick!
thanks!

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Pleasure!

[@ezequielfiorito]

crazy stuff here. i love it. pure gold. thanxs

[@Jebesniper]

Love your tutorials mate. Learned a lot with this information

[@SamDoesDesign]

Always great to hear these lighting tips! The pin behind to simulate light bounce is something I’ll definitely be using

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Thanks Sam! Appreciate it

[@veziop]

this is amazing, just superb!

[@arahovhannisyan855]

about all for 5 minutes!! thank you bro !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@designproductwithbing]

tips very useful, thanks Liam.

[@RoshanHakkim]

Thanks Martin! That backdrop pin idea is sheer genius! Another feather in the hat! :)

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Great to hear you like it. Lets keep filling up that hat!

[@keithyakouboff8755]

Thanks man, some good compositional tips.

[@yoyoha7585]

Great tutorial, thank you.

[@MartinWahlberg]

Love it! Thanks!

[@aamirfaraz786]

Love your tips man! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Pleasure, as always

[@altar7885]

I am gobsmacked!
I would love to see how you tackle jewelry.

[@shamilsahabiev]

Liam Martin Thank you very much man!!!!

[@datta3ya]

A million thanks

[@josepinzon24]

thanx Lian, very useful.

[@tearsofryze]

thank very much indeed

[@akshay_creates]

Fantastic tips Liam! Thanks so much!

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

No worries man!

[@94paul1]

Superb, thanks!

[@ognjendocic3836]

So cool!

[@phaethonvandoros4603]

Thank you!

[@miguels008]

you are awesome, thanks! you gain another subscriptor

[@jb9282]

Very good. Thanks

[@abinari]

Gr8 vid!

[@neutronher3908]

Thank You!! This was super helpful!

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

:D

[@peteraagaardcarstensen400]

Another great tutorial 🤘🏼

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Cheers Peter :)

[@upsmuck4952]

Hi, you mentioned the welding experiments you did. Any video on that? Thanks

[@tirthasonuprajapati6370]

Amazing tips

[@howard18plus]

I thought your kitchen was a keyshot interior evironment xd

[@kartikeshukla9041]

Nice!

[@frd8791]

👏

[@shamilsahabiev]

THANKS!!!

[@zimmatron]

Thanks for the tip, I work for a lighting manufacturer and most of our stuff is metal and it is what I struggle to make look realistic i am going to try give this s go tomorrow

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Metal is so tricky! It essentially takes on whatever lights it, plus some subtle surface textures. You're not alone in your struggle!

[@hawalk7169]

Thanks you for sharing

[@yogiunleashedd]

Love your materials and lighting tips. I hope you'll do an animation tutorial within Keyshot. Question, do you think Keyshot will ever integrate GPU rendering for speed?

[@tgs1766]

GPU rendering coming in KeyShot 9. www.keyshot.com/forum/index.php?topic=24605.0

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Could potentially be the biggest update to Keyshot yet. Going to do a 'looking forward to Keyshot 9' video and will discuss this in more detail 😊

[@davidwilhelm5524]

What material are you using?

[@phoneindustrydesign]

thanks Liam!

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Pleasure, my friend :)

[@anatolyivanov890]

Nice, thanks.

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

My pleasure!

[@danielrodriguez1609]

Great tutorial my friend! XOXO

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Thanks Dan!

[@tucherdesign]

Parabéns! (Y)

[@BrianLife]

Hi can you please help me with HDR pins. and why my reflections on say, glass, or a shiny paint, are jagged? I already researched that you have to render high res image in HDR editor. and save the HDR. I do this and Still the white parts of pic, shapes are jagged. My geo is high resolution also. I can't figure this out?

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

If you click the refresh button, it will generate the new full res HDR

[@BrianLife]

Liam Martin thanks. Thanks. the problem was my fault: my geometry was too low! I am using Zbrush Bridge to Keyshot. It’s takes your model over from ZBrush. I had my meshes subdivided up to about 5 levels, smooth and high res. But when I bridged they were down a few levels at that time. So I just went back in and updated the live sync. thanks though.

[@SebasDesign]

great tips

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Thanks 👌

[@manojr5257]

Nice tip man. This way we can change color of the product by changing BG color, but what if we have differently colored products in same scene?

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Same principles no matter what colour your product is. If you change the background colour, you want to change the colour of the pin that's behind your product

[@carmennavarro8073]

@@LiamMartinTutorials Thanks for your video, very useful! But i still have a question, my product is made of plastic and metal with different colors,blue red yellow and green, so what color should I use as my bg color and pin color?

[@kristiangiorni388]

Hello,
my name is Kristian and I am Italian.
This video has been very useful to me since I am currently learning to use Keyshot in the company where I work ... by chance you have in mind to do other tutorials on how to create various types of lighting based on the material of the object of which you are want to render?
Thank you.

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Not particularly. I have 2 lighting & Composition sessions on my upcoming course that might help you

[@kristiangiorni388]

Ok thanks

[@orkhonal]

Nice tutorial

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Thanks!

[@dcjdesign_7892]

oh that buttery audio...

[@tekinkabaday5878]

Thanks for the tutorial.

[@LiamMartinTutorials]

Pleasure my friend!

[@shamilsahabiev]

Who are those two people who disliked this video??? :)