Open Light
HDR Light Texture Generator for VFX & 3D
Generate procedural HDR light textures (softboxes, beauty dishes, gobos, Kino Flos, and more) as 32-bit EXR files ready for any DCC application. Full control over shape, falloff, surface imperfections, color gels, and grids. No photography or scanning needed.
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Features
Softbox, beauty dish, umbrella, LED panel, reflector, ring light, strip light, Kino Flo, gobo, and gradient.
Full Lee and Rosco filter library organized by category: correction, warm, cool, green, ND, and more.
Industry-standard OpenEXR with ZIP compression. Also supports Radiance HDR format.
Export in sRGB Linear or ACEScg with embedded chromaticity metadata for automatic detection.
Simulate color rendering of real light sources, from ideal tungsten to budget LEDs and sodium lamps.
Live canvas with eyedropper, exposure control, and filmic tonemapping. Up to 4096 x 4096 px export.
Interface
Built by a lighting artist, for lighting artists.
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