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Lighting Guide

🎯 Look your best: easy lighting tips for better streams

Great lighting can instantly make your stream look more professional — and help you earn more. With the right setup, you’ll avoid pixelation, strange colors, or shadows that distract Members or make your video look low quality.

🛠️ General lighting principles

  • Use balanced, even lighting across your entire room.
  • Avoid shadowsnatural light, and yellow tones.
  • Always verify lighting by checking your video feed, not just the room.
  • A camera requires more light than the human eye.

✅ Recommended

  • LED bulbs with a 5500K daylight color temperature.

  • Rooms with white or light-colored walls to reflect light better.
  • LEDs instead of CFLs — LEDs are more efficient and modern.
  • Do not place lights behind you.

⛔ Avoid

  • Natural daylight — it changes constantly and ruins consistency.
  • Yellow bulbs / halogen lights — they distort skin tones.
  • Ring lights — too harsh and flat for live video.
  • Colored LED strips — they flicker and reduce stream quality.
  • Spotlights — too intense, create hot spots and deep shadows.

💡 Lighting Setup Options

Budget lighting setups

Table + ceiling light setup (low-cost option)

An easy starting point using household lights. Use the same type of LED bulb in all lamps to maintain color consistency.

🔧 Setup examples:

  • 2 table lamps + 1 ceiling light
    Table lamps on opposite corners, aimed slightly at you and the background. Ceiling light above and in front.

  • 3 table lamps + 1 ceiling light
    Add a third lamp directly above your monitor.
  • 4 table lamps + 1 ceiling light
    Add two side lamps on nightstands or nearby furniture. All lights should face you and fill the room evenly.

💡 Use LED bulbs with at least 800 lumens per bulb for small rooms. Larger spaces may require bulbs rated at 1600–2600 lumens for full coverage.

Medium lighting setups

Umbrella + ceiling lights (recommended for most Models)

A more flexible setup that offers professional results for streaming and content creation.

  • Use white (diffusion) or silver (reflective) umbrella lights.
  • Choose lights with 1–5 sockets based on room size.
  • Use LED bulbs with 800–2600 lumens per socket.
  • Adjust light distance, angle, and height to avoid shadows or glare.

🔧 Setup examples:

  • 1 umbrella + 1 ceiling light
    Umbrella in front of you. Ceiling light above and in front.

  • 1 umbrella + 1 table lamp + 1 ceiling light
    Table lamp on one side, umbrella on the other. Both facing you and the background.
  • 2 umbrellas + 1 ceiling light
    Umbrellas on the left and right sides. Ceiling light centered above.
  • 3 umbrellas + 1 ceiling light
    Two umbrellas at the sides, one in front. Ceiling light used only if necessary.

High-end setup (studio quality)

Softbox lighting (advanced option)

  • Best for razor-sharp streams and professional video production.

  • Recommended only if you have experience or external help (e.g., a photographer).
  • Often combined with a hair light for depth.
  • Ideal for My Content or Contest video creation.

⚠️ Examples — what to avoid

Type
Reason to Avoid
Yellow halogen / Edison bulbsCreate unnatural tones.
SpotlightsToo narrow. Not designed for ambient streaming light.
Ring lightMeant for photography only. Not suitable for streaming.
Natural lightUncontrollable and inconsistent. Causes dullness or graininess.
Colored LED stripsCan cause flickering and image degradation.

🌒 Managing shadows

Shadows distract viewers and hide your best angles.
To avoid them:

  • Sit or stand farther from the background so light can hit you evenly
  • Avoid ceiling lights directly above your head (they cause glare)
  • Tilt your lamps slightly to fill in dark areas, not just blast light forward

🧠 Why it matters: clean, shadow-free setup keeps all eyes on you — and increases time spent in your room.

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