Lighting & Rendering an Animation in Blender

• Consistent Brightness.
• Use the Correct Scale for Accurate Shadows
• Color Temperature is the third factor to consider.
• Plenty of EVs in the environment lighting.
• High Dynamic Range Textures for Mesh Lights
• Color Management in Film.
• IES Lamps for Accurate Light Falloff

There are two ways to render an animation in Blender:

• rendering with Cycles (default)
• rendering with Blender Internal (deprecated)

There are different types of lights that can be used in Blender. They include:

• Ambient light: This is a global illumination that falls on an object from all directions. It is a default type of light in Blender and it can be modified by changing the color, intensity, or range.
• Point Light: This is an artificial light source that emits light in all directions. It can be changed to emit more or less light and its size can also be modified.
• Spot Light: This is an artificial light source that emits a cone-shaped beam of light with the edges of the beam being brighter than the center. The size, shape, and brightness can also be modified to suit specific needs.
• Area Light: This is an artificial light source that emits shadows but no highlights

Blender is a 3D modeling, rendering and animation suite. It has a variety of tools used in rendering and shading animations. These are:

• Lamp
• Material
• Lighting
• Shader
• Material Shader
• Surface Shader
• Texture