Lynda Video Lighting

Improve your lighting in post with Adobe Lightroom. Chris Orwig shows how to employ Lightroom's Develop module to enhance the lighting of portraits in two different ways.

Have you ever been handed substandard footage and have a client expect you to spin this straw into gold? In this course, motion graphics veteran and After Effects expert Chris Meyer shares his favorite tricks to take boring footage and create a more professional, compelling result. Most of these tricks can be performed inside Adobe Premiere Pro without the need for third-party effects. Some techniques also use After Effects, taking advantage of Dynamic Link, which makes the changes appear directly in your Premiere Pro timeline. The results add polish and production value—without missing deadlines or blowing the budget. This course was created and produced by Chris and Trish Meyer. We are honored to host this content in our library.

This course offers an in-depth look at the rendering features of Revit, including photometric lighting, sun, and exposure and its basic animation tools. Author Paul F. Aubin covers creating 3D views; modeling wall layers, sweeps, and custom components; applying materials and custom textures to objects; and rendering the final scene with optimal quality settings. The course also shows how to create a walk-through that showcases designs. Exercise files are included with the course.

Light has more qualities than you think: temperature, brightness, and diffusion, just to name three. When it comes to replicating it in the digital world, you need strong materials and lighting tools, and Maya offers both.

In the Shooting with Wireless Flash series, award-winning photographer Jim Sugar demonstrates his approach to using off-camera flash in a variety of lighting scenarios, sharing practical tips along the way.

Sony's a7 series mirrorless cameras are popular for their image quality, video-shooting features, and compact size. In this course, Rich Harrington helps you get up to speed quickly with the essential features and controls of the Sony a7 models.

In this course, author Adam Crespi takes you through the full production pipeline for lighting, rendering, and compositing the exterior of a house in 3ds Max.

Get your virtual ticket to NAB 2015, the world's largest conference for video professionals. In these movies, Rob Garrott and the lynda.com team review highlights from the show, including the latest innovations in camera equipment, file storage, software, audio gear, and lighting.

Author Ryan Kittleson introduces the skills digital artists need to create photorealistic 3D creatures for film, video, and game production.

Harsh, unflattering lighting can ruin a photo—and with flash, it's easy to get harsh, unflattering lighting. But flash is a necessary part of a photographer's toolset—after all, the world doesn't always provide you with the best natural light. Fortunately, it isn't difficult to get great results from flash, and in this course, photographer, author, and teacher Ben Long details the concepts and techniques behind effective lighting with flash. Ben starts with fundamentals that build on exposure principles taught in other installments of Foundations of Photography—simple techniques that improve the results from a camera's built-in flash. He then focuses on fill flash techniques and on using flash as a key light. The course also explores topics ranging from bouncing and syncing flash to shooting with one or more off-camera flash units.