GMOD | SOFT LAMPS + LIGHTBOUNCE RENDERING TUTORIAL 

2 years too late Edit: Updated vtools link, sorry for that. Discord : discord.gg/b8dScSkqFK Vtools Link: mega.nz/file/oTsF0TRA#2Tnp-pn1rfLq3bUTG71iyWlrk4pMbXdY532EWcBngS4 PSD Files: my mega went dead sorry Commands bindtoggle [key] r_flashlightdrawfrustum mat_fullbright r_projectedtexture_filter 0 r_flashlightdepthres 1024 or 40958976

Olmate is lying, I made every model on my workshop and he'll give you anything you ask for

Soft lamps tutorial 2 the sequel we needed, but didnt deserve

My time as a Gmodder may be over, but hopefully this tutorial will help a future generation of artists to come. Good luck everyone, keep that creativity alive, look for inspiration everywhere, anywhere and don't overthinl things too much just go and get at it!

mate, this looks complicated but fun at the same time, i'm done doing petty screenshots with default methods and i'm excited to try out this, thank you for the video!

From using the default Post Processing to Softlamps+Photoshops. Now real work has begun. Thank you

I love this new version of the tutorial, learnt even more stuff from it. Great job!

I dunno if you still read comments, but seriously man, I ADORE your work so much. I've played GMod for 1800 hours now and I'm nowhere near your level when it comes to GMod art, everything about these tutorial videos are amazing. The snarky sense of humor, the amazing tips that are straight to the point... I dream of someday making art as good as the one showcased in this video! Amazing job!

Thank you for this tutorial! Up until now I've been making pretty shitty scenes using pre-existing maps and no post-editing whatsoever. A friend linked me this video and I think it's great for explaining the basics.

I don't comment much or know if you still even read the comments here, but I just wanted to say that I appreciate your tutorial. The instructions on good settings and how to set it up are so clear and concise, following along was a breeze. And that advice about starting small to avoid burnout, was probably one of the best tips of this tutorial. Starting small means learning small, and I've obviously gotta start walking before I run. I also thought it would be much more time consuming to achieve similar results I'd always see on the Gmod community hub or on other art sites, but repetition makes for a good teacher as well. I'm obviously nowhere near the same level yet, only doing soft lamps on and off for about a month now, but your guide has been immensely helpful in getting closer, step by step - and I'm really noticing the changes. Sorry for the long read, but I did sincerely want to express my gratitude. Hope you're doing well man! 👍

Lord, I've met your work so many times. Dude they are great

Composition, posing, lighting, editing - I can handle them given I’ve already done quite a handful of renders with SFM (and it’s something I’ve been doing with MMD since 2013). What I fear the most is the amount of lights I have to use. When I learned that I literally, and I mean LITERALLY, only need to use *_one_* soft lamp for the general lighting, I felt like jumping out of my skin and celebrating. I like humorous tutorials. I’ll keep this video open so I can follow it step-by-step (while constantly berating myself for doing yet another portrait render). Thanks man.

Im glad you redid this, works great!

10,803 hours in gmod, and I'm only now learning how to use any of this stuff properly. This is a major bruh moment.

Best gmod tutorial I have ever seen

useful, quick, simple overall just a great tutorial, thanks a bunch, the entire process is fun and the quality of my works sure has raised greatly have a good day

This is the greatest thing I have ever watched

its way better than the first tutorial less bad jokes and more detailed information thanks

The lengths to which gmodders will go to in order to avoid learning a proper rendering/animation/modelling program

Oh my lord. I am glad this dude said that thing about not having multiple lamps, because I did that and my thing didn't come out right when I was following a guide that was using multiple lamps at a time.

#1 most linked video in the Gmod discord

I want to thank you for this excellent video! After a month practicing each tool of this video y manage to create my first wallpaper and I love it, looking now for polishing my technique. Oh, and I love the way to explain

Thank you so much this really helped a lot. (Although I did have to rewatch the video 10 times to actually understand everything)

dude thanks for this info! you are amazing and this vid and your art work just want me to go back to Gmod again.

GMod is much more complex than I thought

The mad man did it.. again

this takes a lot more skill than i thought it would i just took some lighting save and threw together some realism props

This video legitimately guarantees the future of high quality source art. Really really useful, and good on you for recreating it. Oh yeah and btw what model did you use @ 15:22 ? thanks bud

i respect you

Hey Ive been following your stuff for a while now and your old tutorial actually helped me get into the usage of light bounce, I fell out of practice and came back to try again. Ive run into an issue where light sprayer just isnt puting down points, i did a short google search and couldnt find anything but links back to here. I even looked for other comments with the issue but it seems im the only one having this happen. All i get in console is "Calculated 0 lights for light spray!" am i just missing something incredibly obvious?

that spooky light spot on gm black messed up and entire city i was making for some arkwork it was the most noticable building in the front so i had to manually erase the lit parts in photoshop was not fun

Underrated video

Soft Lamps 2.0: The Sequel *by the way, thanks for the video. vey useful* upd: im idiot

Sorry for the number of questions. When you said adjust the opacity of each light layer, is it mostly the lightbounce layer because adjusting them all below 100% would show the transparent background.

never thought ide need this since I use sfm. but now i kinda wana pick up gmod again lol

Accurate description of me

Good stuff!

This is a godsend

Thanks for models very helpful

Not sure if you are still active but im having some issues, one the lightbounce render keeps just rendering black even though i did the light spray thing, 2 when i did the ambience it just makes the render look deepfried and bright???

Привет от Хумаса! Спасибо, что освежил ему память))

eyy lets go!

This feels like if Podel made an actual tutorial.

Ok, that's epic.

3:35 oh hey he put my meemee in video :D

handsome video done by a handsome man.......

can you make a new tutorial now

This is a very good tutorial, can’t wait to not use it

How do I bind the + and - key for the depthres? Cause the consle keeps saying invalid character

Can offset in the light settings help with moving the light passed the map's height limit?

what angles should i go for when doing the lamp lightbounce positioning? i mean, i can get of see how you did it based on the examples but i'd like to know exactly how you placed the lamp when it comes to doing it, thanks for remaking the tutorial btw, its great!

This video is like that one restaraunt with busin food but it's really hard to digest I'll get it someday lol

i dont know if you can help but no matter what layer i have fog on, it always replaces the masked background, any help?

Perfect

I thought I remembered Olma much more salty, turned out the tutorial is way more useful than I remembered. One thingie tho. Did anyone *not* have the flashlight frustrum show up after the comman in console? Never works, whatever I do, for some reason. I hope this can be fixed. Other than this, a good vid, thanks a bunch.

Nice

thank you :>

very cool.

love hearing the word munted

big poggers!!

That's crazy but have you tried activating windows

Hey, are you using the addon Tool Panel Colors?

anybody watching in 2020???? :DDD

I got everything down pretty good, but for a lightbounce render do I move the lamp or keep it in the same spot as the sun?

what is the synthwave remix of the song black Sabbath Heaven and Hell

I just want to ask, where do I put the Vtools? Can't seem to work for me...

Hello Ubafest. I am living in your walls.

thx for uploading the tools!, the workshop ver does not include the light sprayer and i got really confused

Quick question, is there like a preset of lights I could use?

What could cause light sparyer to not work?

The sequel.

whats that cool gun model yo'ure using for move object?

0:26 Hey, that's me!

Just a question, what the hell does the other V Addons do? Like scenic dispencer, blackify, etc.

yea i don't get it where i can download the models????? might have to do another tutorial ://

“Various talented slavers” i fucking died

how do you make the lightbounce file one image?

Bob- what software do you use to render a scene? Like Blender ore samething. Chad- no i use gmod (giga Chad perfect loop 1H in The background)

Hey whenever I got to do my ambient layer I have to move and then when I get back into position and take the photo and then edit it the photo goes all weird. How do make it so it doesn't go all weird?

0:29 my brain cells just exploded reading this

I don't get it how you guys make thos plates that you build on.

flashlightdrawfrustum doesn't work for some reason :( it says r_flashlightdrawfrustum = 1 . 000000 ( def. "0" ) client. Can you help? I looked for some help on discord but couldn't find any. I tried unbinding and rebinding and nothing happened. I'm kinda new to soft lamps and Gmod commands so sorry if this was an easy fix I didn't know about.

Hey Ol, the Vtools aren't avaiable for download anymore, anywhere else we can download them? Thanks in advance, great tutorial!

Came from nikethehuman. I knew about you before, but now - I'm interested again. Do you know how to make lighting in sfm like gmod? Because in sfm everything is too soft and sometimes sharpy and unrealistic.

Hello could you please tell me what map you are using?

it crashes when i do poster_soft edit: ok dont use the x86 - 64 version

How would you save camera angles incase a crash happens?

"Start small" I wish I listened

PLEASE help, light sprayer wouldn't spray, I did as the vid says and disabled effect rings but I still get errors and I don't know what to do

I don't see the lights on the lamp when in game

Anyone get weird clay colors for their lightbounce posters?

The Mega files arent working. Kinda sucks because I cant find it anywhere else

Yo i made it to the intro. I still want those folder models, Olmate boy

FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Light spayer doesn't work for me. When i'm clicking it does nothing

hjelp i stuck toaster in my computer and now it takes 10000 years for godrays to finish render

Yes thank you

ah man, your gonna love s&box

The little dots weren't showing for me. Side note is that i used Piggo's Soft Lamp Reup

Rad