Blog

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

3rd February 2026

Paul Gawman: Craft in a Changing World

CGI artist Paul Gawman shares how he balances speed, craft and evolving commercial demands with HDR Light Studio.
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.
28th January 2022

Matching Photographic Lighting in Maya

We talked to Andrew Daffy about using HDR Light Studio on a recent commercial for BUGABOO
28th April 2020

Stefanie Braun: Light Reveals Character

Technical car visual specialist Stefanie Braun guides us through the process of creating the perfect workflow.
1st April 2020

HDR Light Studio - Tungsten Drop 4 is released

HDR Light Studio – Tungsten Drop 4 is out!...
1st May 2019

HDR Light Studio - Tungsten is released

HDR Light Studio – Tungsten is out!...
24th April 2019

Paul Gawman: Striving for Excellence

Lightmap recently chatted with Paul Gawman, an award-winning Sydney-based Digital Artist. A native Brit, with over two...
14th November 2018

Luminous Creative Imaging: Dope Not Broke

Lighting efficiently and with speed presents realistic results, as seen in MSI's new campaign on motherboards.
26th October 2018

Maya Artists: Troublemakers - Alhambra Campaign

The animation workflow used in Alhambra campaign demonstrates the versatility of HDR Light Studio.
25th September 2018

Midcoast Studio: Driven to Succeed

Talented people at Midcoast Studio talk about their flexible practices for creating the most realistic renders.
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.
9th May 2018

HDR Light Studio – Carbon Drop 2

The release of HDR Light Studio - Carbon Drop 2 and everything that’s new.
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.
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.
30th October 2017

3D TALK – Episode 2 – Samuel Axelsson

A HDR Light Studio user discusses his journey to 3D, the software he uses, POC and Volvo projects and more!
16th January 2017

Delicious Computer Generated Imagery

Gorgeous personal project created by Luminous Creative Imaging and stunningly lit by HDR Light Studio.
30th March 2016

Maya Artists: Frédéric Müller

We are delighted to see photographic and restrained quality of this artist’s renders.
15th March 2016

Maya Artists: Luminous Creative Imaging

Owner of Luminous Creative Imaging talks about workflow and how has HDR Light Studio impacted it.
1st March 2016

Lightmap Launches HDR Light Studio 5.3

HDR Light Studio 5.3 is now out with the revolutionary new Area Lights feature. Find out everything that’s new.
19th August 2013

Previs: Lighting a BMW Commercial with HDR Light Studio

The process of visualizing the framing, designing the lighting then translating this into a real-world photoshoot.
28th June 2013

Framestore’s award winning Qualcomm Snapdragon spot

Framestore has been lighting with us recently. A CG Supervisor, explains their use on a recent TV spot for Qualcomm.
8th May 2013

Holomatix SprayTrace 1.5.20 adds support for LightPaint

HDR Light Studio 4 LightPaint support from directly within the SprayTrace 1.5.20 viewport is now available.
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