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Lights on a Flat Background

An overview of each light with visual examples. Find the right lighting for the product and its material on a plain background.

Laurie Felicio avatar
Written by Laurie Felicio
Updated over a week ago

Here's a YouTube video that explains how lights and reflections work

on your scene and with your 3D models.

​Here's a YouTube video that explains how to choose the best color for your renders.

Summary


Step 1: Specific characteristics of the Flat Background

A Flat Background is different from a 3D Background. A 3D background is realistic, with shadows and reflections on the background itself. A Flat Background, on the other hand, is uniform and reflects nothing.

As a result, lights in scenes with Flat Background react differently from those in scenes with 3D Background.

The advantage of Flat Background is that it provides a uniformly colored background where lights are not reflected.

If you'd like to know more about the lights to choose for all backgrounds and their different moods, please consult the dedicated article in our Omi Help Center.


Step 2: How to use it?

Follow the procedure below, if you want to use the Flat Background ↓

  • Click on the background of your scene and select the "Flat Background" category:

  • You can use the color wheel to change the background color as needed.

  • You can also choose to keep the shadow or remove it by unchecking this box :

Flat Background with “Default” light

3D Background with “Default” light


Step 3: The perfect lights for the Flat Background

Here are illustrations and explanations of the following lights on the Plain Background:

Left shadow - Globally illuminated product

Diffused overview - Product mainly lit from the right

Default - Shade extended to the left

Standard - Very little shadow and product lit from the left

Right shadow - Short shadow

Studio - Product illuminated on the left and right with no shadow

Diffuse - Product mainly lit from the left, short light shadow to the right

Mineral - Bright product with short, soft shadow

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