Blog
Welcome to our Blog. Here you can find news on events, product updates, customer stories and much more.
Precision and Consistency: Peter Hildebrandt
Perfecting product catalogs with HDR Light Studio for consistent, precise lighting in technical product visualizations.
Perfecting Jewelry Lighting with T-Bone Studio
T-Bone Studio’s Mikkel Aabenhuus refines jewelry renders with HDR Light Studio.
Meet Lightmap at FMX 2025
Join us at FMX 2025 in Stuttgart! Visit Booth 1.3 for a chat and live HDR Light Studio demos.
Art & Light: Robert Corwin’s Journey with HDR Light Studio
From fine art to 3D graphics, Robert Corwin uses HDR Light Studio to craft precise, expressive lighting effortlessly.
HDR Light Studio 8.2.5 Resolves VRED & Maya Critical Issues
VRED 2025.3 – Black UI Panels Fixed
Maya 2025 – UI Scaling Fixed
Hakan Acarel - Cinematic Lighting for Product Animations.
Hakan Acarel takes us behind the scenes of his work on the Sennheiser MD 421 Kompakt Microphone project.
Meet Our New Team Members – Let’s Connect!
Our focus is always on meeting your needs and delivering the best possible product for you!
Markus Flatischler - CGI product launches with Houdini
HDR Light Studio enables Markus Flatischer to create photorealistic product imagery for reflective Spray Guns.
Lightmap Announces HDR Light Studio 8.2.3 – Now Available
Adds macOS Sequoia fix, Cinema 4D 2025, Houdini 20.5 & Octane Render Standalone 2024.1
macOS Sequoia (version 15) breaks HDR Light Studio licensing
HDR Light Studio customers on macOS. Do not upgrade to the macOS Sequoia (version 15) public beta if you wish to...
Elevating the Rum's Aura with Blender Lighting
A Blender user shares their workflow with the HDR Light Studio add-on and compares it to Blender's built-in tools.
Support Added for 3ds Max 2025, Maya 2025 & Blender 4.1
Plug-in Updates: Support for 3ds Max 2025 & Maya 2025, plus updated Blender add-on.
HDR Light Studio 8.2.1 released
New Release: Updated compatibility for Modo & Rhino, plus bug fixes for 3ds Max & Omniverse.
HDR Light Studio 8.2 released
HDR Light Studio 8.2 adds Reflection Filter, Preset Auditioning, and more.
Houdini 20 support added
The HDR Light Studio Plugin connection for Houdini has been updated and supports Houdini 20.
HDR Light Studio Releases New Live Link Plug-in for Unreal...
Now you can now use HDR Light Studio with Unreal Engine 5.
Blender 4 Compatibility Added
We have updated the HDR Light Studio add-on to support Blender 4.
Will my license run the latest HDR Light Studio?
How to know if you can run the latest version of HDR Light Studio and Plug-ins?
CINEMA 4D 2024 plug-in is out now
The HDR Light Studio plugin connection for CINEMA 4D 2024 is out now.
HDR Light Studio 8 - 3D World Review
Discover the Rave Review for HDR Light Studio 8 in 3D World Magazine's Latest Issue.
Houdini & Omniverse Plug-in Update
New plug-ins released for Houdini and Omniverse USD Composer.
How to Use Real-World HDRi Maps in Your Creative Process
With this guest post, Roberto Kai Hegeler from CGI Backgrounds talks about real-world environments and enhancing them...