Lighting for Photoreal Virtual Backgrounds: A Corporate Studio Guide

Hi, great to see you here. Our aim is to help you by providing relevant and quick to digest content focused on improving your results. Today, we take a quick look at lighting from the perspective of professional video creator in corporate world.

1 Lock in Spill-Free Three-Point Lighting

• Key / Fill / Back on the talent, but give the green screen its own even wash (≈ ½–1 stop below the subject).

• Keep subject 1.5 m + from the screen; add a back-light to kill edge spill.

2 Mimic the Virtual Practicals

• Study your virtual set: if the “motivated” light is a warm practical on camera-left, place a practical or gelled LED in that position on the real set.

• Matching direction & colour temp is the fastest route to realism.

3 Match Colour in One Pass with LUT / CC Sliders

• After white-balancing on an 18 % grey card, load a single show-LUT or use live CC sliders in your VP software - never grade twice.

• Built-in CC panels (e.g., MirageSet) let you nudge hue and saturation without a round-trip to Resolve.