Our new Blender lighting ‘Add-on’ connects HDR Light Studio to Blender, adding powerful 3D lighting tools and HDR content. Now you can light your shots easily, quickly and creatively - producing perfectly lit professional renders with the realism of photographs
Here you can see the key features of the live-link between HDR Light Studio and Blender
Live link with HDR Light Studio
Paint Light Positions
Live HDRI Creation
Live HDRI Editing
Live 3D HDR Area Lights
Library of HDR Light Captures
Manage HDRIs / Save Light Rigs
Supported Renderers
Live Project Sync
Find out more about HDR Light Studio lighting features - visit the main Features web page
Gorgeous renders made with Blender and lit with HDR Light Studio
We recently surveyed our beta testers for their feedback on our new Blender Add-on:
100% would recommend HDR Light Studio to other Blender Users
97% say the lighting process is now more Creative
97% say the lighting process is now more Accurate
97% can't go back to their previous Lighting Workflow
“The improvement in speed that HDR Light Studio provides is immense. Manually moving physical light objects and tweaking settings in Blender takes time. It’s nice to be able to focus on the lighting only and not have the clutter of items irrelevant to lighting that are in the UI. The LightPaint feature in HDR Light Studio is especially useful for precise pin-point light placement."
Giz Beardon
“HDR Light Studio gives me so much more control over my lighting. It is more Intuitive and allows for a larger scope of freedom to try ideas and play with them.”
Patrick Wilson
“HDR Light Studio is faster and more precise. You can get a basic setup very quickly, which you can then fine-tune, and because it’s easy to use with good real-time feedback, it invites you to play with lighting.”
Peter Hildebrandt
Try HDR Light Studio today and learn to light with over 1 hour of videos and free Blender scenes.
Click on a tutorial below.
Detailed documentation for installation, workflow and more can be found here
The single installer supports Blender 2.83+ - Windows, MacOS and Linux
Supported Renderers: Cycles, Eevee, Octane, RenderMan
(Octane not supported in Linux)
Now supports Blender on Apple Silicon
Support for Blender 4 has now been added
Software delivery via internet download
Internet connection required for license activation only
HDR Light Studio software requires approx. 200MB disc space
Preset light content requires approx. 8GB disc space
CPU based, no special graphics card required
See the Current Features Compatibility Chart for all Connections here
This Blender plug-in connection is included with HDR Light Studio Indie, Pro and Automotive