Env Lights Design

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Env Lights Design
Documentation · v1.0.0

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Camera-linked environment lighting for Blender.

Build multiple lighting moods in one scene, assign each mood to the right camera, and let Env Lights Design prepare the intended environment before you render.

Every shot can carry its own atmosphere—a misty morning wide shot, a warm sunset close-up, an overcast product angle, or an HDRI-matched exterior—all inside the same Blender file.

Current release facts

SupportedBlender 4.2–5.1
Verified4.5.3 + 5.1.2
RenderCycles
Buildv1.0.0

Marketplace compatibility covers Blender 4.2 through 5.1. Recorded QA builds are 4.5.3 and 5.1.2.

Core workflow

Camera-Linked Lighting

Create multiple Light Sets and assign them to cameras. When you switch cameras, the assigned lighting setup switches with it.

Each Light Set keeps its sky or HDRI, sun, atmosphere and tone together. The still render queue activates each camera and its linked Light Set before rendering.

Camera-linked lighting documentation

Lighting and atmosphere

Shape the environment as one system.

01 · SOLAR LIGHTING

Time of Day — precise, anywhere on Earth

Set coordinates, date and time. Sun angle, sky color and light intensity update together. Use season presets or dial in your own values.

Time of Day documentation
02 · HDRI WORKFLOW

HDRI Direction Matching

Connect your own HDRI, then optionally use Match Sun to align the scene's sun direction with the brightest area in the environment image.

03 · ATMOSPHERE

Clouds, fog and God Rays

CloudsTwo-layer procedural body and veil controls.
FogVolumetric depth kept inside the Light Set.
God RaysDirectional shafts controlled from the same panel.
Fog and God Rays documentation

Rendering

Render Queue — built in

Choose Low, Mid or Hi quality, render one still, or queue several cameras for still rendering. Each queued still activates the correct camera and linked Light Set first.

Animation uses its own reliable render path and shows overall progress in the panel. Multi-camera animation batching is not part of the current 1.0.0 release.

Render queue documentation

Installation

Install the ZIP. Do not unzip it.

Recommended package: Env_Lights_Design_1_0_0.zip

RECOMMENDED

Preferences

  1. Open Edit → Preferences → Add-ons.
  2. Choose Install from Disk / Install….
  3. Select the ZIP package and install it.
  4. Enable Env Lights Design.
QUICK PATH · WHEN AVAILABLE

Drag & Drop

  1. Drag the ZIP into the 3D Viewport.
  2. Confirm installation if Blender shows the dialog.
  3. If no install prompt appears, use the recommended Preferences method.

First launch

Open the Lights Design panel.

In any 3D Viewport, press N to open the Sidebar, then select the Lights Design tab.

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Details
Published 3 months ago
Blender Version 4.2 - 5.1
Extension Type N/A
Render Engine Used Cycles
License GPL