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We are excited to share with you that we have started development on a plug-in to connect HDR Light Studio with Blender. Do you use Blender? Are you interested?

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By registering your interest in the 'Blender Connection' we will:
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Provide you with early access to the plug-in and a free temporary license

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February 2020 Newsletter

Mr Black - Bushfire Relief Edition

This project raised $50k to help with bushfire crisis in Australia.
Visual State created the product shots with a little help from HDR Light Studio.
Read the full story below.

Full Story

Q and A with Brendan McCaffrey
We will be recording a Q and A video with Brendan McCaffrey at the Vertex event in London next week. Do you have a question for Brendan? Email it to us here, and we'll ask the question for you: askbrendan@lightmap.co.uk

About Brendan?
HDR Light Studio user Brendan McCaffrey is a digital artist currently based in Las Palmas, Spain. An industrial design graduate of NCAD, Dublin, he produces key art and illustrations for video games, toys and products, notably, the Need for Speed & Moto GP series, GI Joe, Hot Wheels and Star Wars Battlefront. His passion for product and vehicle design coupled with his early influences from sci-fi artists like Syd Mead, Chris Foss and Tim White has been an important driving force in his work. Learning through constant observation and experimentation has kept him as excited about his craft as when he first started 25 years ago. Check out his website and learn more about him here: www.bmcaff.com

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Customer Story
Duncan Dix: CGI Behind the Scenes

Duncan Dix guides us through the process of constructing CGI images as we look in detail at four of his automotive projects.

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Sale Pricing Ends: 00:00hrs - Tuesday 1st December 2020 (GMT)

HDR LIGHT STUDIO - INDIE
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Standalone and plug-ins included for: Blender, 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, MODO, LightWave3D, Houdini, Maxwell Studio, Rhino 3D, Octane Standalone, SOLIDWORKS Visualize

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The HDR Light Studio
Blender Connection is out now

Today, Lightmap released its new Blender Connection for HDR Light Studio, making the artist-friendly real-time lighting toolkit available to users of the open-source 3D design and rendering software. The Add-on creates a live link between HDR Light Studio and Blender, helping automotive, visualization and entertainment artists to create accurate photorealistic lighting set-ups more quickly, intuitively and creatively.

Visit the Blender Connection Web Page

"I found HDR Light Studio a long time ago, and always wanted to use it for my Blender projects," says automotive artist Daniel Vesterbaek, who recently adopted the new connection in his work. "Lighting used to feel cumbersome, and there was a lot of guesswork involved in how reflections would look. HDR Light Studio enables me to generate high-quality lighting more intuitively."

To help new users get started, Lightmap has produced a series of detailed Blender Lighting Tutorials, which can be completed using the free demo edition of HDR Light Studio.

Blender Lighting Tutorials

Availability

The Blender connection is included with HDR Light Studio - Indie, Pro and Automotive. Available to try and buy today.

The Blender connection is a free addition for existing HDR Light Studio users with active Subscriptions or Maintenance.

If your Maintenance has expired, there is a MAINTENANCE SALE until 30th September 2020. A 25% discount on maintenance is automatically applied to your basket at checkout. Renew your maintenance here.

Email Sales with any Questions

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Take control of image based lighting
with ''Composites'' in HDR Light Studio

HDR Light Studio is so easy to use - just drag and drop a few lights and you''re done. This is as far as many users get.

However, there''s much more to HDR Light Studio if you dig deeper. Composites, for example, are a major new feature added just last year that let you control image based lighting in new ways.

Use Composites to do the following with HDRI Maps:

Control groups of HDR lights - brightness, position, color

Edit an individual light on the HDRI map with multiple effects

Create complex masking

Clone areas of the HDRI map

Combine regions of multiple HDRI maps for a new unique map

Gain control of each light source in an existing location shot HDRI map

Learn about Composites in HDR Light Studio
by watching our free training videos.

Watch ''Composites'' Training Videos

No other software lets you quickly, easily and interactively take total control over image based lighting like HDR Light Studio - allowing you to do more with HDRI maps than you would imagine. It opens up so many creative lighting possibilities and works live with 3ds Max, Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D, Houdini, Modo and many more.

Download and try HDR Light Studio

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November 2020 Newsletter

News:

Q&A Interview with Mike Campau

Lighting Session with Phil Sills

CG Boost Challenge Sponsor

Houdini 18.5 compatible connection released

Black Friday Sale - Save up to 30%

Q&A Interview with Mike Campau
We had a great time chatting with Mike Campau about his work and journey to becoming a successful digital artist.

Here are just some of the topics covered in the Q&A video:

His choice of 3D software, renderer & plug-ins

Using Behance to grow business opportunities

Top advice for 3D artists of any level

Overcoming challenges as a 3D artist

Watch the Q&A Video

Lighting Session with Phil Sills
See professional photographer Phil Sills direct a lighting session in HDR Light Studio with our co-founder Mark Segasby driving the software. This video is over 1.5 hours long - taking you through the whole process of lighting this simple scene. Watching this video will teach you how to approach the lighting process and how to translate these studio techniques into lights inside HDR Light Studio. This video will be the first in a series of ''Lighting Sessions''.

Watch the Lighting Session

CG Boost Challenge Sponsor
We are delighted to have joined CG Boost as a sponsor for their monthly challenges. A 1-year license of HDR Light Studio - Pro is being provided each month as a prize.

See the HDR Light Studio license winners

Houdini 18.5 compatible connection released
Customers with an active subscription or maintenance can download this plug-in today from the ''My Account'' section at www.lightmap.co.uk.

Not a customer?
Try the new Houdini connection here: www.lightmap.co.uk/try.

Black Friday Sale - Save up to 30%
Want to add real-time authoring of HDRI Maps and HDRI Textured 3D Area Lights to your rendering workflow? Our sale is a great time to buy. Sale starts at 00:00hrs - Friday 27th November 2020 (GMT).

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September 2020 Newsletter

News:
Maintenance Sale - 25% OFF (Ends 30th Sept)
Blender Connection Released
Customer Story: Daniel Vesterbaek
Showreel 2020: Call for Entries

Maintenance Sale - Save 25%
Upgrade to the latest version of HDR Light Studio and Connections by renewing lapsed maintenance on Permanent Licenses. A 25% discount is applied to carts at our store. Offer ends 30th September. If you have any questions please email: sales@lightmap.co.uk

Visit your Maintenance Renewal Web Page

Lightmap brings HDR Light Studio to Blender
"I found HDR Light Studio a long time ago, and always wanted to use it for my Blender projects," says automotive artist Daniel Vesterbaek, who recently adopted the new connection in his work. "Lighting used to feel cumbersome, and there was a lot of guesswork involved in how reflections would look. HDR Light Studio enables me to generate high-quality lighting more intuitively."

Learn more about the Blender Connection

Customer Story: Daniel Vesterbaek
Choosing Blender for Automotive Rendering
"I quickly fell in love with Blender and wanted to create stunning images of cars, but it took me a long time to get close to my goal. I was studying at a technical/innovative college where I got to do a lot of visualisation of conceptual products, along with 3D design and 3D prints. The school did not teach 3D however, so I am self-taught. I spent all of my free time learning Blender."

Read Daniel''s Story

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
HDR LIGHT STUDIO - 2020 SHOWREEL

We are putting together a new showreel of customer work lit using HDR Light Studio. We would like to invite you to submit your favorite projects for inclusion.

Submissions close on 30th September 2020
Please submit your work via email to: showreel@lightmap.co.uk

Submission Guidelines
Please only submit work that has not previously been submitted to Lightmap
Still images should be at least 1920 x 1080 resolution and can be submitted directly
Video files should be at least 1920 x 1080 resolution. (Provide links to downloadable video files)
Please no added company logos on images or videos
Include: Project name, credits, other software used & if possible screen grabs of HDR Light Studio

Please note: There is no limit on the number of projects submitted. However, you must have permission for Lightmap to use the content in our showreel. The submissions can be lit with any version of HDR Light Studio. Submitting your work does not guarantee its inclusion in the showreel.
If you have any questions prior to submitting, please email them to: showreel@lightmap.co.uk

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We are proud to announce the immediate availability of
HDR Light Studio - Tungsten Drop 4.

See What''s New

With over 1,000 Lighting Presets, HDR Light Studio provides a wealth of content and settings to use in your lighting designs. Did you know... 398 images ship with HDR Light Studio, over 8GB of content.

In this last release of the Tungsten series, we have further enhanced the Presets system - making HDR Light Studio ''the place'' to add your own HDR lighting images and apply them with ease in leading 3D software.

See What''s New

It''s easy to forget just how much awesome content comes with HDR Light Studio. Here''s 88 of the 398 preset lighting images included with HDR Light Studio.

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September 2020 Newsletter

News:
Maintenance Sale - 25% OFF (Ends 30th Sept)
Blender Connection Released
Customer Story: Daniel Vesterbaek
Giveaway - 2 chances to win HDR Light Studio
Showreel 2020: Call for Entries

Maintenance Sale - Save 25%
Upgrade to the latest version of HDR Light Studio and Connections by renewing lapsed maintenance on Permanent Licenses. A 25% discount is applied to carts at our store. Offer ends 30th September. If you have any questions please email: sales@lightmap.co.uk

Visit your Maintenance Renewal Web Page

Lightmap brings HDR Light Studio to Blender
"I found HDR Light Studio a long time ago, and always wanted to use it for my Blender projects," says automotive artist Daniel Vesterbaek, who recently adopted the new connection in his work. "Lighting used to feel cumbersome, and there was a lot of guesswork involved in how reflections would look. HDR Light Studio enables me to generate high-quality lighting more intuitively."

Learn more about the Blender Connection

Customer Story: Daniel Vesterbaek
Choosing Blender for Automotive Rendering
"I quickly fell in love with Blender and wanted to create stunning images of cars, but it took me a long time to get close to my goal. I was studying at a technical/innovative college where I got to do a lot of visualisation of conceptual products, along with 3D design and 3D prints. The school did not teach 3D however, so I am self-taught. I spent all of my free time learning Blender."

Read Daniel''s Story

GIVEAWAY: 2 Chances to Win HDR Light Studio
We are giving away a 1-year subscription of HDR Light Studio Pro to 2 lucky winners on Instagram and Facebook.
Competition Ends 22nd Sep 2020 at 5PM GMT

To enter the giveaway competitions, follow these steps:
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STEP 1: Visit the Instagram and Facebook posts below
STEP 2: Like the post
STEP 3: Follow us
STEP 4: Tag a 3D Artist friend
Share the post to your story for a bonus competition entry

Click here to visit the Instagram post

Click here to visit the Facebook post

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
HDR LIGHT STUDIO - 2020 SHOWREEL

We are putting together a new showreel of customer work lit using HDR Light Studio. We would like to invite you to submit your favorite projects for inclusion.

Submissions close on 30th September 2020
Please submit your work via email to: showreel@lightmap.co.uk

Submission Guidelines
Please only submit work that has not previously been submitted to Lightmap
Still images should be at least 1920 x 1080 resolution and can be submitted directly
Video files should be at least 1920 x 1080 resolution. (Provide links to downloadable video files)
Please no added company logos on images or videos
Include: Project name, credits, other software used & if possible screen grabs of HDR Light Studio

Please note: There is no limit on the number of projects submitted. However, you must have permission for Lightmap to use the content in our showreel. The submissions can be lit with any version of HDR Light Studio. Submitting your work does not guarantee its inclusion in the showreel.
If you have any questions prior to submitting, please email them to: showreel@lightmap.co.uk

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Watch a Professional Photographer Light a 3D Scene

We have great pleasure in sharing this, our first lighting session with you. The concept of lighting sessions is for a HDR Light Studio expert to light a shot with creative direction from a professional photographer, and to record the whole process for you from beginning to end.

Watching this video will give you an insight into the thought processes and decisions that a professional photographer makes when lighting a shot.

Our first lighting session is of simple pair of vases and is being directed by photographer Phil Sills.

Watch Phil''s Lighting Session ??

Free High-quality Over 1.5 hours of video content

About Phil Sills - Professional Photographer

London based with over 20 years of experience.

A master of Studio Lighting Techniques.

Thrives in image creation for liquid products & audio technology brands.

Some of Phil''s many clients include Lucozade and Bowers & Wilkins.

Image of Lucozade and Bowers & Wilkins Headphones by Phil Sills.

The final result of Phil''s lighting session:

Watch Phil''s Lighting Session ??

Free High-quality Over 1.5 hours of video content

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Free HDR Light Studio Training
''Mastering Presets''

To coincide with the latest release of HDR Light Studio, we have released a set of 8 training videos that show you how to use Presets - the most complex feature in HDR Light Studio. There''s a lot more to presets than just drag and drop studio lights. Over 70 minutes of video content.

Mastering Presets will help you develop more efficient lighting workflows, let you easily try out different looks, and allow you to use HDR Light Studio as a library for all your HDR content.

Ideally, use ''HDR Light Studio - Tungsten Drop 4'' to learn all features demonstrated. If you are using HDR Light Studio in ''Unlicensed Demo Mode'' you can not save or manage your own Presets - so you will not be able to follow along with those parts of the training.

Watch the Free Training Videos here

Preset features you will learn about include...

The huge library of included lighting content and settings to use in your lighting designs - over 1,000 in total, referencing 398 images.

Save your own Presets - whole lighting designs, single lights, and even individual settings to reuse in the future.

Drag and drop batches of images onto HDR Light Studio to add them to the preset library - HDRI maps or HDR Light Sources. These can be tagged to organize them.

Swap the appearance of an existing light using a preset. Quickly experiment with different lighting looks and styles without changing the position and size of the existing lights.

Filter to see just your Favorite presets - choose and apply these even faster.

Watch the Free Training Videos here

What additional types of training do you want to see for HDR Light Studio?
Please let us know here

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