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studio lighting

Formerly Blender-only asset library Blendkit is now available to users of other CG software. Check out its free 3D models, materials, and HDRIs.

Tuesday, August 4th, 2026

Product and portfolio rendering plugin can now create interactive standalone presentations that run outside the Unreal Edtitor.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026

Check out the latest features in the real-time lighting design tool, including energy-conserving light scaling, and support for OCIO 2.5.

Thursday, January 15th, 2026

Check out the stock resources, add-ons and even complete 3D scenes available for free in the Blender asset library. For commercial use.

Sunday, September 21st, 2025

Real-time lighting design software can now 'paint' highlights and shadows directly into interactive renders from Blender.

Wednesday, July 17th, 2024

Updated: neat plugin formerly known as MetaShoot creates portfolio renders and visualizations in a few clicks. See what's new in Atlux λ 1.1.

Thursday, March 14th, 2024

Check out the new features in the real-time lighting design software, including new shadow modes for the signature LightPaint system.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2024

Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modelling app and its UE5-based real-time renderer.

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Real-time lighting app gets neat new Scrim Light type mimicking real-world studio lighting set-ups.

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023

Get 10,000 x 5,000px HDRIs mimicking real-world studio lighting set-ups in HDR and EXR format.

Wednesday, April 26th, 2023

Updated: get the latest set of free assets, including leaf and plant materials in .sbsar and .sbs format.

Sunday, April 23rd, 2023

New plugin makes rendering model turntables or product visualisations inside UE5 a one-click process.

Friday, March 24th, 2023

Check out the new features in the physically based GPU renderer. You can use it for free in a web browser.

Friday, March 17th, 2023