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LeoMoon LightStudio

Important Notice

LeoMoon LightStudio is 100% free and open-source. You can download and use it without any limitations.

Development Fund

If you think this plugin speeds up your workflow, consider funding the development of it by purchasing it. This will help to fix bugs, improve user interface and add new features.

Introduction

LeoMoon LightStudio is the easiest, fastest and most advanced lighting system for Blender 2.8x, 2.9x, 3.0, 3,1 and 3.2. LeoMoon LightStudio is packed with features and the new Light Node has so many options so you can customize each light exactly the way you want.

Features

  • Add/Remove lights around objects
  • Add multiple light profiles
  • Easily switch between light profiles with a single click
  • Each light has many options to customize
  • All options per light can be animated
  • Each light can have a different light texture
  • Fastest render update while lighting
  • 15 Realistic HDR light textures included
  • Easy 2D manipulation of lights in the LightStudio Control Panel which translates to positioning of that light in 3D space
  • Toggle a light by double clicking on it in the LightStudio Control Panel
  • Isolate a light by right clicking on it in the LightStudio Control Panel
  • Lights can be added to different renders layers
  • Import/Export light profiles

Background HDR vs Manual Lighting

Why not use the other background HDR light plugins? That's because template based light plugins are predictable and limited. For product renders, you want lots of options and control, NOT templates! However you can create your own light profiles in LeoMoon LightStudio and import/export light profiles in different projects.

Authors

  • Amin Babaeipanah
  • Marcin Zielinski

Usage

  • Download leomoon-lightstudio-X.Y.Z_blender-A.B.C.zip from the Releases page.
  • In Blender, open Edit → Preferences → Get Extensions.
  • Click the ▼ dropdown arrow in the top-right corner of the panel (next to the Repositories selector) and choose Install from Disk....
  • Select the downloaded .zip. The extension is enabled automatically and appears under the Installed section.
  • Open the N panel to see the LightStudio tab.

Compatibility

Tested with Blender 5.1.1

Donors

Benjamin Gratia Bitgem Pty Ltd (Polyfu) Chris Nicholls Chris Phyffer x2 Damir Simovski Dario Jaeger Jacinto Carbajosa Fermoso x2 John Podlesnik Krzysztof Czerwiński x6 Marc-André Gasser Matthew Moore MoonGorilla Karol Rządczyk Nathaniel Westveer Pan Jiaqing Paul Kotelevets Reinhard Kepplinger Roger Chamberlain Tiago Santos Victor Lin

Development

make venv     # create .venv with ruff + pytest
make check    # ruff lint + pytest
make build    # build dist/leomoon-lightstudio-_blender-.zip
make install  # build and install into the Blender user profile
make tag      # create an annotated git tag from the manifest version

Override the Blender binary if it isn't on PATH:

make build BLENDER=/path/to/blender
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