Blog

Welcome to our Blog. Here you can find news on events, product updates, customer stories and much more.

19th March 2026

17 Years Perfecting Callaway's Product Visualization

How Rodrigo Albarran slashed Callaway Golf's time and budget spent fixing in post.
18th December 2025

End of Year Thank You

Reflecting on 2025, doubling down on engagement in 2026.
4th November 2025

HDR Light Studio 9 Drop 2 released

Breakthrough VRED workflow plus powerful HDR Light Studio updates available now for all users in Drop 2.
8th April 2022

HDR Light Studio - Xenon Drop 4.2

New Release: Crash bug fixes, Omniverse for all and more...
3rd March 2021

Vincent Salasombath: It all started with watches

Swiss French 3D artist has a striking sense of detail and a gift for bringing flair to images of everyday objects.
8th September 2020

Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio - Xenon

Today, Lightmap released HDR Light Studio - Xenon.
1st April 2020

HDR Light Studio - Tungsten Drop 4 is released

HDR Light Studio – Tungsten Drop 4 is out!...
18th March 2020

Mondlicht Studios: Creating Atmosphere

The process of lighting Mercedes-Benz EQC Black Edition CGI, described by Dmitriy Glazyrin and Maksym Khirnyy.
14th November 2019

Dmitriy Glazyrin: How to Excel in the CGI Industry

Co-Founder of Mondlicht Studio recounts his journey as a CG artist and shares his tips for achieving success.
30th August 2019

André Matos - The driving force of Porsche’s pipeline

Learn André's unique lighting technique, see how HDR Light Studio helps.
26th July 2019

Jordi Sans Gassó: From Student to Pro

Find out how with the help of HDR Light Studio, Jordi has evolved from being a student to a pro.
1st May 2019

HDR Light Studio - Tungsten is released

HDR Light Studio – Tungsten is out!...
13th March 2019

Toby Lee: Becoming a 3D Artist

An automotive CGI specialist with a ‘never give up’ attitude, reveals his tough journey to becoming a 3D artist.
28th November 2018

Thule: Heightening the Customer Experience

Thule’s 3D artist, Norbert Nagel, shows inquisitiveness after witnessing the benefits of HDR Light Studio.
16th October 2018

Wonder Vision: Passion for Detail

Lightmap visits Wonder Vision studios and interviews the co-founders about their passion for creative detail.
25th September 2018

Midcoast Studio: Driven to Succeed

Talented people at Midcoast Studio talk about their flexible practices for creating the most realistic renders.
25th July 2018

HDR Light Studio – Carbon Drop 3

The release of HDR Light Studio - Carbon Drop 3 and everything that’s new.
9th May 2018

HDR Light Studio – Carbon Drop 2

The release of HDR Light Studio - Carbon Drop 2 and everything that’s new.
24th April 2018

Congrats to Goon on his Winning Shot!

The winner of the render challenge at AutomotiveCGI talks about the key to success.
15th February 2018

HDR Light Studio - Carbon Release

The release of HDR Light Studio - Carbon and everything that’s new.
7th February 2018

Felipe Mirez - "As an artist, be open minded"

Visual Director at Falcon Northwest talks about his experience and why he incorporated HDR Light Studio in his workflow.
9th January 2018

3D TALK – Episode 3 – Brendan McCaffrey

Brendan chats about his project – where he created over 600 illustrations using 3ds Max, V-Ray and HDR Light Studio.
5th December 2017

Shadowplay – Customer Feature Video

Lightmap visits Shadowplay to find out more about their work, tools and how HDR Light Studio helps with CGI lighting.
11th October 2017

In conversation with Derek DSouza - Happy Finish

A CG artist discusses the challenges faced and his preferred workflow that features HDR Light Studio.
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