HDR Light Studio allowing you to edit and enhance HDRI maps too, plus create and control Area Lights in your 3D software. See it in action below.

What's wrong with using stock Studio HDRI maps?

You're not Learning to Light

Lighting is one of the most exciting stages in creating a 3D image. Lighting can make or break the quality of your final image. Carefully positioned lights and reflections will bring the form and materials of your scene to life. More importantly a badly placed reflection can ruin your image too. Learning to light properly one light at a time, whatever method used, is an essential skill for a 3D artist that will be used on every future project. Using stock HDRI maps does not teach you to light properly because you simply use a pre-made lighting setup.

Boring 'Me Too' Renders

Your image won’t stand out from the crowd. The most useful stock studio HDRI maps are often the most generic and bland, allowing them to light a wide range of scenes. But they give your final image that standard studio lighting look.

Tedious Trial and Error

It’s such a random process. Testing out one HDRI map at a time and rotating the environment to try and stumble on a good result is not an efficient or smart approach to lighting. You've taken so much care with the modelling and materials - why shortcut the lighting? Plus the more HDRI maps you collect – the longer it takes to choose and test them out. Soon this supposedly fast lighting process is actually taking a long time, and you still can’t get the exact look you want.

Lack of Control

You may quite like the lighting effect from your chosen studio HDRI map, but if you want to tweak it – you can’t. You can’t change the size, color or location of a single light. Not easily or interactively. It’s these adjustments that make the difference between a good and amazing image. Your only control with a stock HDRI map is to rotate it and change the brightness of the whole setup.

HDR Light Studio teaches you to light properly - creating the high quality custom lighting your 3D work deserves. HDR Light Studio saves time during the lighting process and provides total control over the lighting design.