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In this video, we look at how to create a product visualisation background.

We start with a simple disc and add a material with a gradient alpha channel to it.

Then we add a background with a nice luminant material to it.

We create a standard Sky object and add an HDRI.

Using compositing tags we stop the sky from being seen by the camera, or by transparency, and also add a composition background to the disc. This means that it will be self-luminant but allow shadows to be cast.

Adding in a light for shadows, we add Global Illumination to help light the entire scene.