Light Types

Learn about all the Redshift Light Types in Cinema 4D and how to use them for realistic, physically accurate lighting in product renders, VFX, and animation.

This tutorial covers the full range of Redshift Light Types in Cinema 4D, including Area, Dome, Spot, Point, Directional, and IES lights—each designed to help you craft precise and visually compelling lighting setups. Whether you’re simulating natural daylight, creating dramatic highlights, or matching real-world photometric profiles, these GPU-accelerated lights offer full creative control and advanced features like volumetrics, light linking, and light groups. Ideal for motion graphics, product visualization, and visual effects workflows.
These lessons are compiled as part of the Cinema 4D Essentials course – a curated collection of useful tutorials from around the web. Video credit: Kyle Sullivan Design.

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