Recently made something using a rig and found I couldn’t disable cycles. How do I add lighting to it as the normal lights in blender don’t seem to be working. I could also use Workbench although it goes all grey/white so I don’t what to do.
Okay, to get even and applaudable lighting, just follow these steps:
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Locate the node editor, it looks something like this:
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Check the highlighted area(image below) to “World”
Your node editor should now look like this:
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Go Add > Texture > Enviornment Texture ( I couldn’t add it to the photo because it kept disappearing)
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Now set it up so it looks somethign along the lines of this:
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Now go to this website, and find a really good setting that you like: HDRIs • Poly Haven
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Once you’ve downloaded this, click “Open” in the new node you added:
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Now, locate the new texture you downloaded and apply it.
Now, you should see this in blender:
Want to keep the lighting but get rid of the background? No problem.
- Go to this tab (located at the right of blender)
- Open “Film” dropdown and tick Transparent.
Final result:
Hope this helped. 
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