HDR Light Studio 9 Drop 2 released
HDR Light Studio - User interface dedicated to lighting
HDR LIGHT STUDIO
The HDR Lighting Editor
HDR Light Studio is the dedicated tool for creating and editing HDR lighting that perfectly lights each and every shot. It's really powerful and precise, yet simple to use with drag & drop simplicity and a click to light interface.
HDR Light Studio is massively compatible and works with your current 3D software.
Why 3D artists are adding HDR Light Studio to their workflow
HDR Light Studio in action
Automotive
Product
Packaging
Solves a Real Problem
- Lighting tools, control and content that don't exist in standard 3D software
- Easily light shiny materials where reflected light appearances matter
Uniquely Powerful
- The only software that lets you create and edit HDRI maps in real-time
- Revolutionary LightPaint technology - click where you want light to appear
Saves Time
- What used to take hours now takes minutes
- Real-time feedback for instant client/director review
- Create and save reusable light sources and lighting rigs
Delivers Professional Results
- Achieve photorealistic, studio-quality lighting
- Precise control over reflections, highlights, and mood
- Perfect for complex surfaces (Lumi-Curve)
- Virtual Scrim Lights for realistic studio lighting
- HDR Studio Lights - photographic captures
Integrates Seamlessly
- Works with existing 3D software and pipelines
- Builds standard lighting for your 3D software with HDR textures
- Windows, MacOS and Linux
Before
After
Drag the slider to see before and after - Example 1
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Drag the slider to see before and after - Example 2
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Drag the slider to see before and after - Example 3
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Drag the slider to see before and after - Example 4
A whole new way to think about CGI lighting
HDR Light Studio lets you edit and enhance existing HDRI maps whilst connected live to your renderer. You literally place the edits on the 3D model and the map updates on the fly. This whole new approach to lighting a shot can significantly improve the appearance of your renders.
See the examples below - drag the slider left and right to compare the before and after of the original HDRI and the enhanced version.
What Our Users Say
HDR Light Studio gives you so much control but it's never overwhelming. It just makes sense. It's like designing in 3D, but for light. I can't imagine working any other way now.
In product photography, lighting is the entire difference between flat and compelling, and HDR Light Studio makes it possible to get the lighting exactly right without endless test renders. It's a complete breakthrough for me.
I highly recommend HDR Light Studio because it helps you put light wherever you want on your model. If you need to highlight a specific part, you don't have to work blind. You see exactly where the light is going, and you adjust in real-time.
Working on character lighting can be tricky and time consuming. HDR Light Studio's real-time environment is the best solution for testing out different scenes with various lighting environments. We love the direct control which just speeds things up enormously.
We can adapt the lighting to the smallest detail of the product extremely quickly. For jewelry, this precision is crucial. It allows us to create realistic and engaging visuals without wasting valuable time in the production process.
Dealing with large product catalogs requires consistency and the ability to stay in the zone creatively. HDR Light Studio hits a sweet spot there; it's powerful but not overwhelming, and it gives me full control without demanding a steep learning curve.
As someone who specializes in jewelry visualization, I've found HDR Light Studio to be my go-to for crafting lighting that's both elegant and technically correct. The precision I get with LightPaint, combined with the ability to work in real-time and match reference imagery, makes this tool indispensable.
It saves me precious hours while allowing me to be more rigorous with the final rendering, and more playful with creative ideas. That balance of efficiency and freedom opens up far more creative avenues.
Instead of tweaking endless lights and waiting on test renders, I can see the result immediately as I LightPaint directly in the interactive render window. It makes the lighting process feel more creative and less like problem-solving.
Clients ask for micro-adjustments - "can we make it warmer, softer, slightly more contrast?" HDR Light Studio makes those changes painless. I don't have to rewire the whole scene, just nudge the lights where they need to go. It's saved me from so many late nights rebuilding lighting rigs.
It's not just faster and easier, HDR Light Studio brings a degree of control, freedom and pure interactivity to lighting that is just unparalleled. As a long time user, it is great to see a constant and impressive stream of innovation and expansion that will guarantee I'll be using it for many years to come.
With the help of HDR Light Studio, I was able to reduce my work time from 6 hours to 15 minutes, with a nice added bonus of significantly lower render-time because I only used one light source and not several like before.
I use HDR Light Studio in every project I do, even for simple setups, it is just so easy to use and provides great results. Where its power really shows is in product and automotive shots. The level of control is fantastic, down to the smallest ping of light, in the exact spot you want it.
I think LightPaint is the most incredible HDR Light Studio feature, you just click on a specific area of the product and you instantly have your reflection on that spot in real-time.
