LIGHTSHAPER

IES profiles, procedural softboxes, gobos, normal maps & LPE builder.

LIGHTSHAPER is a free procedural lighting toolkit for lighting artists, designers, and anyone passionate about light. Create, shape, and experiment with custom lighting tools directly in your browser, with no external software required. # FEATURES ### LATEST UPDATES - Redesigned UI - Customizable UI themes - Dynamic menus - Standard shortcuts (F, W, E, R) - Pattern live previews - 2 new noises (Stucco and Julia) - Reset tool button - Export progress bar - Interactive path-traced render view - Real-time visual feedback - Cornell Box scene for LPE testing - Metallic softbox shader - Anisotropy controls - New procedural patterns - Normal, Bump and Displacement export - OpenGL and DirectX support - OpenGL texture previews - Custom texture import - Single Scatter support for PRMan - Object Filters - Bokeh - Bounce Contribution ______________________ # FEATURES ### PROCEDURAL IES - Custom IES profile creation - Real-time 2D and 3D previews - IES export ### PROCEDURAL SOFTBOX - Procedural softbox maps up to 8K - Custom light sources and shapes - Grid patterns, veil folds and umbrella structures - Light diffusion and bump controls - Metallic shader - Anisotropy controls ### PROCEDURAL GOBO - 10 noise algorithms - Procedural patterns - Leaves and branches system - Animated caustics (PNG / EXR) ### NORMAL CONVERTER - Normal, Bump and Displacement maps - OpenGL and DirectX support - Custom texture import ### RENDERING & PREVIEW - Interactive path-traced render view - Cornell Box scene for LPE testing ### LIGHT PATH EXPRESSIONS (LPE) - Visual LPE builder - RenderMan, Arnold and Karma compatibility ______________________ # FUTURE UPDATES ### PROCEDURAL TOOLS - More procedural patterns - Improvements to existing patterns - OSL Shader Builder - Animation Editor ### RENDERING - Path-traced rendering optimizations - More advanced 3D preview scenes - Custom models and complex geometry ### USER INTERFACE - Further UI improvements BUILT FOR CREATIVE LIGHTING No external software. 100% free. No subscriptions. No data collected. Just creative control over light.