Blog

Welcome to our Blog. Here you can find news on events, product updates, customer stories and much more.

3rd September 2026

V-Ray Support Comes to HDR Light Studio Blender Add-on

The latest HDR Light Studio add-on for Blender now supports the V-Ray renderer and Blender 5.2.
13th January 2026

HDR Light Studio 9 Drop 3 released

Workflow refinements that smooth out the small friction points in your daily lighting tasks
18th December 2025

End of Year Thank You

Reflecting on 2025, doubling down on engagement in 2026.
4th November 2025

HDR Light Studio 9 Drop 2 released

Breakthrough VRED workflow plus powerful HDR Light Studio updates available now for all users in Drop 2.
25th April 2025

Precision and Consistency: Peter Hildebrandt

Perfecting product catalogs with HDR Light Studio for consistent, precise lighting in technical product visualizations.
16th July 2024

HDR Light Studio 8.2.2 released

New improved Blender add-on workflow
1st May 2024

Elevating the Rum's Aura with Blender Lighting

A Blender user shares their workflow with the HDR Light Studio add-on and compares it to Blender's built-in tools.
8th April 2022

HDR Light Studio - Xenon Drop 4.2

New Release: Crash bug fixes, Omniverse for all and more...
13th January 2022

CG Boost Challenge Sponsor

December 2021 - Mythology Challenge winner is now announced!
8th December 2021

How to create clean 3D renders? - Interview with Iman...

Iman Kimiaei talks all about his 3D workflow and goes in depth about how lighting helps him achieve clean renders.
11th September 2020

Mclaren 570 - Blender and HDR Light Studio

We spoke to Steven Hellemans to find out how HDR Light Studio helped him light his latest beautiful set of automotive...
10th September 2020

Free Blender 2.8 Lighting Tutorials

Our 4 part tutorial series teaches an absolute beginner how to create perfect lighting with Blender 2.83 or higher.
8th September 2020

Lightmap brings HDR Light Studio to Blender

Today, Lightmap released its new Blender connection for HDR Light Studio.
8th September 2020

Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio - Xenon

Today, Lightmap released HDR Light Studio - Xenon.
8th September 2020

Daniel Vesterbaek: Choosing Blender for Automotive Rendering

Lightmap speaks to commercial 3D artist and long-term Blender user Daniel Vesterbaek.
8th September 2020

Craig Dockerill - My Blender 3D Hobby

Craig pursues 3D art as a hobby, is a keen Blender user and an early champion for the Blender Connection.
9th April 2020

Creating HDR Textured Area Lights in Blender

Sharing what we learned about texturing Area Lights and Mesh Emitters during the add-on development.