Basic3dtraining - Film Noir 3D Style

Film Noir 3D Style training program, will show you exactly how to go from posing, lighting and mixing your DAZ Studio renders into maximum b/w Hollywood style.

One of Hollywood?s golden ages, Film Noir, sure kept thing intrersting. Not only was it pitch black and bright white visually, the storyline it self was fragmented with contrats, quick twists and post war paranoia.

Although Film Noir was full of cool lines, you can?t really project the spoken word into a 3D render. Instead, you need to focus on characters actions and postures.

Finally, you want a breeze of darkness and light to embrace your entire render, by carefully painting with lighting. You want the viewer to go from darkness and light multiple times through out your image. Mr Spot Light is your friend. Keep the shadows sharp, and the spread angles tight and you?ll achieve that effect much easier. I often recommend that you break off lighting everything inside your software, and instead aim at rendering in layers. The above DAZ Studio render was actually done in layers, later combined into the final image in Photoshop. By doing everything in layers, you keep maximum control over the final result, such as lighting and shadows. This offers a tremendous speed boost, since lights and shadows can quickly and easily be tweaked inside Photoshop instead of doing tedious re-renders.