If anyone knows how to make it all even, it would be helpful! I use the lighting “Area”, should I be using something else or do I need a whole new rig?
Is not the background that is my concern, it is the render. If you look at the person, the light seems very uneven. Most artists have an even, natural light.
The most realistic lighting artists go for is through the use of an HDRI combined with other lights. Lighting is often smoothest with multiple light sources. This sort of ‘uneven’ lighting can be caused by using a one-point lighting style when most even lighting consists of at least a two-point lighting method then can be further improved through three points.
While it usually depends on the location of your render, HDRIs come in handy for outdoor lighting, and emissions and other lights work well for indoor scenes. If you’d like a good breakdown of how these point systems work, here’s a video that could help!
Here is an additional site with free HDRIs that could help you as well! I suggest searching YouTube for further explanation on HDRIs!
No problem! I’ve actually had discussion over free programs that work similar to Photoshop in this thread, but to summarize, here’s some free programs I can name off the top of my head: