All lights can be used in Eevee but are more convenient to use in Cycles.They're also automatically placed above the height of the camera for convenience. Sun presets can be created with a corresponding sky that's automatically linked to the sun's rotation.Spot lights produce the same amount of light regardless of their spot angle, so tightening the beam will actually focus the light, unlike Blender's default.

You can set the scene's exposure to match the newly added preset with one click.

A lumens conversion node group is appended if Use Nodes is enabled, which can be used for any type of light in Cycles including mesh lights.

The number of lumens will be the same regardless of the color selected, so a blue light and a red light will appear equally bright.Īdjusting a normal Blender light with constant watts makes some colors appear darker than others:Īdjusting a photometric light with constant lumens keeps the perceptual brightness the same (explanation below):

You can set an RGB color instead of a Kelvin value if desired.

Each light has a preset Kelvin color temperature based on its real world source, which can be easily adjusted.

Each light's strength can be adjusted in lumens instead of watts.

There are also over 30 IES presets that cast believable patterns according to how each bulb is actually used.

There are over 30 plain point, spot, area, and sun presets in total.

All lights are based on real world sources and are organized by type and strength.

This plugin for Blender adds over 60 photometric light presets to your Add menu. Introducing physically based, photometric lighting for Cycles and Eevee

Ies light blender