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Lightmap

Innovative real-time image-based lighting tool enables users to 'paint' highlights directly onto 3D models.

Monday, September 24th, 2012

Light your model by clicking on its surface to position highlights with this nifty real-time lighting toolset.

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

New version of real-time custom HDR design tool gains new blending modes and falloff controls.

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Design lighting set-ups inside KeyShot in real time, then export the results as a custom HDR file.

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Update to Lightmap's HDRI-design software provides real-time lighting tools to users of Autodesk products.

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

See the key features in the game engine and real-time renderer, from better 3D water to Variable Rate Shading and Deferred+ rendering.

Friday, April 25th, 2025

Check out the new features in the image-editing software, including nifty new Select Details options in the AI-based Object Selection tool.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Update to the renderer adds over 3,100 Chaos Scans materials to the Cosmos library, and improves DoF and volumetric effects.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Get JustB Studios' 1850s Post Office Environment pack of 3D assets for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace. For commercial use.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

Lightweight Procedural Clouds Shader generates realistic clouds in production conditions, and works with the Cycles or Eevee renderers.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

Real-time physics framework used in game engines and offline simulation tools for 3ds Max and Maya is now fully open-source.

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025