KeyShot Lighting Animation: Create a Blinking LED | KeyShot Lighting Tutorial 2025
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Industrial Design
Download the free project files here:
https://www.willgibbons.com/file-vault
Level up your KeyShot skills with the Animation Masterclass:
https://courses.willgibbons.com/keyshot-animation-masterclass
Alternative method for blinking LEDs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctKs9luD2VA
Time Stamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - Using textures to control values
01:50 - Download instructions
02:06 - Scene setup
03:01 - Material setup
03:27 - Load video map
04:26 - Video Map Settings
05:22 - Playback count
06:19 - Controlling light brightness
07:31 - Make it glow
08:17 - 20 free blinking light maps
09:11 - Loading a new video map
09:48 - Change blink speed
In this Keyshot tutorial, you'll master the most efficient way to create a repeatable blinking light animation for your product animation projects. Forget the old manual way; this video shows a simple and powerful solution with video maps.
You'll learn to control the brightness of any emissive material using an image sequence, allowing you to create complex and realistic LED animations. We'll also cover essential lighting techniques, from setting up your scene and adjusting properties in the material graph to adding a glowing effect with Bloom.
As a bonus, you'll get access to a free library of video maps to use in your projects. This tutorial is packed with Keyshot tips and tricks that will help you master lighting and elevate your renders.
https://www.willgibbons.com/file-vault
Level up your KeyShot skills with the Animation Masterclass:
https://courses.willgibbons.com/keyshot-animation-masterclass
Alternative method for blinking LEDs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctKs9luD2VA
Time Stamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - Using textures to control values
01:50 - Download instructions
02:06 - Scene setup
03:01 - Material setup
03:27 - Load video map
04:26 - Video Map Settings
05:22 - Playback count
06:19 - Controlling light brightness
07:31 - Make it glow
08:17 - 20 free blinking light maps
09:11 - Loading a new video map
09:48 - Change blink speed
In this Keyshot tutorial, you'll master the most efficient way to create a repeatable blinking light animation for your product animation projects. Forget the old manual way; this video shows a simple and powerful solution with video maps.
You'll learn to control the brightness of any emissive material using an image sequence, allowing you to create complex and realistic LED animations. We'll also cover essential lighting techniques, from setting up your scene and adjusting properties in the material graph to adding a glowing effect with Bloom.
As a bonus, you'll get access to a free library of video maps to use in your projects. This tutorial is packed with Keyshot tips and tricks that will help you master lighting and elevate your renders.