{"id":301567,"date":"2024-12-30T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsmith.com\/learn\/?post_type=tutorial&#038;p=301567"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:53:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T19:53:54","slug":"basics-lighting-your-video","status":"publish","type":"tutorial","link":"https:\/\/www.techsmith.com\/learn\/tutorials\/academy\/basics-lighting-your-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics: Lighting Your Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-types-of-lights-to-use\">Types of lights to use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"dx-block-wistia-embed\">\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/iwgo0y140c.jsonp\" async=\"async\"><\/script>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_iwgo0y140c videoFoam=true\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-three-point-lighting-and-other-tips\">Three-Point lighting and other tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"dx-block-wistia-embed\">\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/ql1ihpykws.jsonp\" async=\"async\"><\/script>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_ql1ihpykws videoFoam=true\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-resources-and-downloads\">Resources and Downloads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of people are intimidated by adding lighting to their video production.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;What if I get it wrong?&#8221; or &#8220;What if I mess up the shoot and the footage is unusable?&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding lighting can be overwhelming, and it will take practice to get proficient, but if you start adding a little at a time, it can get easier. 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