Blog

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

2nd October 2018

Total Chaos 2018: Brendan McCaffrey Talk

Creators of Lightmap meet with a long-term HDR Light Studio user at computer graphics event.
25th September 2018

Midcoast Studio: Driven to Succeed

Talented people at Midcoast Studio talk about their flexible practices for creating the most realistic renders.
12th September 2018

Cinema 4D Artist: Declan McGurry - Capturing the Legend of...

Cinema 4D artist demonstrates the importance of precise lighting, specific to the model, to induce realism.
3rd September 2018

Video Tutorial for Compositing Lightpainted Automotive Shots

Discover how techniques used in editing real-world light painted photographs can be applied to CGI images.
31st August 2018

Maya Artists: Marc Greyvenstein - McLaren 570S Project

3D artist explains his workflow when re-creating the McLaren 570S model, lit with HDR Light Studio.
7th August 2018

3D TALK – Episode 4 – Allan Portilho

Inspiring and humbling story for any struggling 3D artist. Tune in to hear about Allan’s journey.
27th July 2018

HDR Light Studio - Connections Chart (Carbon Drop 3)

View latest updates on features and compatibility.
25th July 2018

HDR Light Studio – Carbon Drop 3

The release of HDR Light Studio - Carbon Drop 3 and everything that’s new.
31st May 2018

Damian Misiura: A Splash of Light

Damian expresses appreciation for efficient light painting without the need for technical knowledge.
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.
22nd March 2018

Lightmap - TOTAL CHAOS

Lightmap at the Total Chaos event; introducing individuals to an innovative technique to paint light.
12th March 2018

Add HDR Light Studio when the Model and Materials are...

Emphasis is put on having a perfect 3D model with realistic shaders/materials to see full potential of HDR Light Studio.
5th March 2018

VRED Artists: Third Floor Company GmbH

Work productivity increased with fast preview render of the light painted. Thus, enabling immediate effect on models.
15th February 2018

HDR Light Studio - Carbon Release

The release of HDR Light Studio - Carbon and everything that’s new.
14th February 2018

HDR Light Studio - Connections Chart

Connection features and compatibility.
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.
1st February 2018

V-Ray and HDR Light Studio

HDR Light Studio let’s you paint your V-Ray scenes directly with light. It’s fast, precise and improves quality!
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 January 2018

Create-Visions: Amazing Scientific and Medical Visuals

Scientific and medical visuals created using Cinema 4D and Octane Render in conjunction with HDR Light Studio.
19th December 2017

A Dose of Festive Imagery

Dose Pictures share information on their workflow when completing a festive project in a very short amount of time.
5th December 2017

Image Based Lighting... A piece of cake!

Mouth-watering set of images created in conjunction with HDR Light Studio have been shared with us.
5th December 2017

Masayoshi Shinohara - Portrait of Nozomi Sasaki

We came across a stunning lifelike portrait of Nozomi Sasaki made by Japanese 3D artist, Masayoshi Shinohara.
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.