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  • Where your images are saved

  • Create a set plan

  • Build the pages of a set plan

  • Add the equipment list

  • What a set plan contains

  • Build a storyboard page

  • The video file you get

  • Getting Started
    • Install set.a.light 3D and start it the first time
    • Activate your license
    • Quick start: from empty studio to finished image
    • Move around the studio
    • The user interface
    • Your first lighting setup
    • Your first render
    • Saving your work
  • Workflows
    • Plan a studio shoot from brief to set plan
    • Recreate your real studio
    • Match your real camera and lens
    • Plan an outdoor shoot with real sunlight
    • Create a cinematic camera move
    • Create a storyboard for a shoot
    • Import your own 3D location or prop
    • Reproduce the virtual setup on the real set
    • Hand over a shoot
  • Lighting
    • How light works in set.a.light 3D
    • Add and place lights
    • Choose and fit a light shaper
    • Light settings
    • Colour a light with gels and filters
    • Project a pattern or an image
    • Soften, bounce and subtract light
    • Aim a light (target lock)
    • Measure light and lighting ratios
    • Light a set with the sun
    • Light a room through a window
    • Use an HDRI environment
    • Fog and atmosphere
    • Add a fog machine
    • Add your own lights and light shapers
  • Camera
    • The photo camera
    • Set the exposure
    • Focus and depth of field
    • Choose a focal length
    • Plan one shot for several deliveries
    • Grade the image with LUTs and effects
    • Film camera
    • Camera rigs and height
    • Camera rigs: axes and limits
    • Build a dolly track
    • Set up your own camera kit
  • Models
    • Put a model on your set
    • Add a model
    • Position a model
    • Pose a model
    • Where the model looks
    • Match a model to your subject
    • Dress a model
    • Let a model hold a prop
    • Reuse poses, expressions and models
    • Model reference: families and settings
  • Scene & Objects
    • Find and place things from the library
    • Build a room, a background and a window
    • Work without a room (outdoor scenes)
    • Props, basic shapes and mirrors
    • Use a picture wall
    • Change the surface of an object
    • Select, move and measure objects
    • Set the zero point for measured positions
    • Attach one object to another
  • 3D Import Add-on
    • 3D import: what the add-on reads
    • Import a 3D object
    • Shaders and textures of an imported object
    • Imported materials: every control
    • Pose and animate an imported object
    • Share, update and back up your 3D objects
  • Animation
    • How animation works in a shot
    • Animate your first shot
    • Set and edit keyframes
    • Work in the Timeline Editor
    • Animate the camera
    • Animate lights
    • Animate props and the room
    • Animate models
    • Animate sun, sky and atmosphere
    • Shape the motion (curves and easing)
    • Render a video
    • What can be animated
  • Projects & Setups
    • Create, open and save a project
    • Take and manage shots
    • The set list and the timeline
    • Reuse work between shots and projects
    • Move shots between projects
    • Save your own rigs to My Library
  • Rendering
    • Render an image
    • How the renderer works
    • Camera preview
    • Quality and denoiser settings
    • Resolution
    • Large and print-ready renders (4K)
    • Review and compare your renders
  • Export
    • Where your images are saved
    • Create a set plan
    • Build the pages of a set plan
    • Add the equipment list
    • What a set plan contains
    • Build a storyboard page
    • The video file you get
  • Community
    • The Community tab
    • Download a setup
    • Share a shot with the community
  • Reference
    • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Change a keyboard shortcut
    • Settings
    • Manage your resources in the App Manager
    • Supported file formats
    • Light catalogue
    • Light shaper catalogue
    • BASIC, STUDIO and CINEMA compared
    • System requirements
  • Troubleshooting
    • Something looks wrong: start here
    • Make it faster
    • Graphics problems
    • Render problems
    • Lighting problems
    • Camera problems
    • Model problems
    • Objects, rooms and measurement problems
    • Animation problems
    • 3D import problems
    • Recover a project after a crash
    • Installation problems
    • Update set.a.light 3D
    • License and activation problems

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