KeyShot Lighting Animation: Create a Blinking LED | KeyShot Lighting Tutorial 2025

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.