Create the perfect HDRI environment in minutes with HDR Light Studio. Lighting shots is now fast, precise and easy. Simply click on the model in VRED to position lights on a live HDRI map.
Images lit with HDR Light Studio
“In the past, a HDRI was a closed format for us. We had to use it 'as it was'. With HDR Light Studio, these files are open and fully accessible - it's like painting with light! This tool gives us total creative freedom”
Tom Nowak, Lean Design
HDR Light Studio transforms your VRED lighting workflow:
- Studio Lighting
- Lighting to match a back-plate image
- Adding lights/adjustments to existing HDRI maps
Key Benefits:
Improve Image Quality
- Create perfect ‘custom’ HDRI lighting for your shot.
- Lights can be precisely positioned to enhance a product’s form and materials.
- Photographic studio light sources bring realism to your images.
Fast Lighting Workflow
- LightPaint – click on the 3D model in VRED to position lights on the HDRI map.
- Light directly on the camera view without navigating in 3D to position lights.
- HDRI map containing all lights will render faster than individual 3D lights.
Key Features:
- LightPaint – click on the 3D model in VRED to position lights
- Create and edit HDRI maps in real-time
- Procedural lights, image based lights and procedural sky
- Includes a large library of HDRI light source captures
- HDR Light Studio project is stored in the VRED scene file
How does HDR Light Studio work with VRED?
The model has materials applied, the camera view is setup, you are now ready to light…
- Start HDR Light Studio from the VRED environment
- Load an existing HDRI map to edit, or start with a blank canvas
- Add a new lights in HDR Light Studio
- Click on the 3D model in VRED to position lights
- To finish, HDR Light Studio generates a high-res HDRI map for the VRED environment
- The VRED scene is now ready for final rendering
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:
- VRED 2014, 2015, 2016 (Windows only)
- VRED 2017, 2018 (Windows and OSX)
Kindly contact your reseller for a special bundle pricing if you would like to use HDR Light Studio with additional 3D software - i.e Maya, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, MODO, LightWave3D, Houdini, Maxwell Studio, Rhino, SOLIDWORKS Visualize, DeltaGen.
