Install Drag the ZIP into the Blender 3D Viewport, or Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions > top-right menu > Install from Disk. Requires Blender 4.4 or later.

Getting started

1. Add a light: Add > Light > EssentiaLight, or the N-panel > EssentiaLight tab.
2. Move the mouse over the scene. Click to confirm, Esc to cancel.
3. To re-aim a light later: select it and press Shift+Alt+L, or click it in the sidebar list.

Aiming keys R/D/O modes, Wheel power, Shift+Wheel size, Alt+Wheel distance, Ctrl+Wheel spread/cone, I isolate, F false color, L light link, Shift+L shadow link, Click/Enter confirm, Esc cancel.

Controls popup Select any light or flag and press Shift+Alt+K, or right-click > EssentiaLight: Controls.

Light linking While aiming a light, hover an object and press L (excluded from the light) or Shift+L (stops casting shadows from the light). Press again to remove. Linked collections show under Light Linking in the controls. Needs Cycles, or Eevee in Blender 4.2+ rendered view.

Shapes, gobos, IES Light data properties > EssentiaLight. These use light nodes, so they render in Cycles only.