HDR Light Studio for Maya

Light Maya scenes faster with HDR Light Studio. Unleash your creativity and raise image quality to the next level.

Images lit with HDR Light Studio

“HDR Light Studio was invaluable for getting quality and fast results in the lighting – we were able to light accurately and in a very creative way, definitely making the process very enjoyable and intuitive for the lighting artist.”

Andrew Rowan-Robinson
Creative Director & Head of CG, Integrated Advertising - Framestore (New York)

HDR Light Studio transforms your Maya lighting workflow:

• Studio Lighting
• Lighting to match a back-plate image
• Adding lights/adjustments to existing HDRI maps

Creative Benefits:

• Fast
  • Craft lighting to a higher level
  • Explore more lighting treatments
• User Friendly
  • Puts the art back into lighting
  • Easy to use with real-time feedback
• Accurate
  • Precisely position lighting and reflections on 3D models

Commercial Benefits:

• Cost Effective
  • Increase productivity – light shots in minutes not hours
  • Image based lighting can significantly reduce render times
  • Works with your existing hardware/software
• Improve Quality
  •  HDR lighting raises image quality to the next level

Key Features:

• LightPaint – click/drag on the 3D render to position lights
• Create and edit HDRI maps in real-time
• Create and position 3D HDRI Area Lights/Emitters in real-time
• Procedural lights, image based lights and procedural sky
• Includes a large library of HDRI light source captures
• Ideal lighting solution for Physically Based Rendering
• OpenColorIO Color Management
• HDR Light Studio project is stored in the Maya scene file
• Can be used Standalone: Loads Alembic and Collada scenes

How does HDR Light Studio work with Maya?

The model has materials assigned, the camera view is setup, you are now ready to light…

1. Start HDR Light Studio from the Maya plug-in
2. Export the Maya scene into HDR Light Studio’s live 3D view
3. Paint your shot with lights in HDR Light Studio (Lights are automatically created in Maya as you light)
4. (Optional) Start interactive rendering in Maya and see the results as you light
5. To finish, HDR Light Studio generates high-res HDRI images for your lights
6. The completed Maya scene is now ready for rendering locally, or on a farm

HDR Light Studio for Maya is compatible with these renderers:
V-Ray, Arnold, Maxwell Render, RenderMan, Redshift, Octane, Mental Ray, Iray

Requirements:

• Software delivery via internet download
• Internet connection required for license activation
• HDR Light Studio software requires approx. 200MB disc space
• Preset light content requires approx. 6.2GB disc space
• CPU based, no special graphics card required
• Compatible with Windows, MacOS and Linux
• Compatible with Maya 2015, 2016, 2017