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A core principle of cinematic lighting is the need to embrace shadows · XDL

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A core principle of cinematic lighting is the need to embrace shadows

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Forever obsessed with the way cinema makes the night come alive

When calculating shadows and optics, Screen Studio actually has an imaginary light source shared between every stage element. I believe it creates better consistency and makes the loupe just a little more believable as a real thing you shouldn't really analyze while watching.

@Adam Pietrasiak

People love to claim that AI-generated content will always lack real depth or soul Yet this sequence carries more raw, cinematic atmosphere than most big-budget movies

MARTIN SCORSESE obsessing over the framing of a shot. One of the things that makes him a great filmmaker.

@All The Right Movies

Fighting shadows ain’t easy.

“There is strong shadow where there is much light.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Simple shadow creation

@Photoshop Tricks!

Not me pretending this is about the lighting

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