Version: Xenon (Drop 2)
Build Date: 2021.0121
Requirements:
Windows: 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Mac OS: 10.13.0 (High Sierra) or later
Linux: Certified against: Scientific Linux 7.2
Compatible with: Centos 7, Fedora 19+ (not 27 though), Ubuntu 13.10+, Mint 16+, Debian 8+, OpenSUSE 13.2+
Connection Requirements:
3ds Max - 2019, 2020, 2021 - Plug-in build 2020.0814
Blender - 2.83 (LTS) and higher - Plug-in build 2020.0928 (updated)
Cinema 4D - 19, 20, 21.115 or higher, 22, 23 - Plug-in build 2019.1212
DeltaGen - 2017, 2018, 2019 (and the x-builds), 2020 (and the x-builds) - Plug-in build 2020.0319
Houdini - 17.5, 18, 18.5 - Plug-in build 2020.1207 (updated)
Maya - 2018, 2019, 2020 - Plug-in build 2020.1203 (updated)
MODO - 11, 12, 13, 14 (Windows and OSX) - Plug-in build 2019.0710
LightWave 3D - 2018, 2019, 2020 - Plug-in build 2019.1212
Rhino 5 (Windows only) - Plug-in build 2018.0206
Rhino 6 (Windows only) - Plug-in build 2019.0624
Octane Standalone: 2020. 2020.2 (Windows only) , Plug-in build 2020.1208 new
VRED - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2020.1, 2021 (Windows only) - No additional plug-in installation required.
Maxwell Studio - 4/5 (Windows only) - No additional plug-in installation required
SOLIDWORKS Visualize - 2017 and above (Windows) - No additional plug-in installation required.
WHAT'S NEW?
Filters
The first filter added to HDR Light Studio is Diffusion - a blur effect that mimics the diffusion of light through a material like tracing paper or cloth. Spreading and softening the light.
Diffusion updates in real-time and is energy conserving. Preserving the amount of light in your shot. We can't wait to see what you will do with it.
Find out more here.
Light Looks
A single HDR Light Studio project file can now contain multiple lighting designs organized in a tree hierarchy.
These are controlled from the new Light Looks panel.
Find out more here.
Additional Changes
'Toggle Area Light' available from right-click in the Light List
You can select multiple lights in the list and toggle their area light state.
Demo Presets
Demo Presets now ship in the main HDR Light Studio installer - simplifying the demo installation process.
If you do not have any Presets installed. HDR Light Studio will automatically load the low-resolution demo Presets.
Changes:
Help > License Management panel column has changed name from Version to Maintenance, making it clearer that the date represents the maintenance date for the user.
Bug fixes:
You can now drag and drop multiple lights into a Composite Light and it works as expected.
Invalid OCIO path could cause a HDR Light Studio crash. We now handle this and warn the user when OCIO configuration files are not found.
If a user has a non-ASCII operating system user name - we now check on startup and provide an appropriate warning message that ithere is a problem.
Fixed an issue with Blender connection when logging the path was invalid.
Maya/RenderMan: Fixed a bug with RenderMan IPR
