Blog

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

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.
11th February 2025

HDR Light Studio 8.2.5 Resolves VRED & Maya Critical Issues

VRED 2025.3 – Black UI Panels Fixed Maya 2025 – UI Scaling Fixed
23rd April 2024

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.
5th May 2022

3ds Max 2023, Maya 2023, MODO 16 plug-in releases

Support added for newest releases of 3ds Max, Maya and MODO.
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.
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