Blender - Light Painter 1.5.3

Blender – Light Painter 1.5.3: Artistic Lighting Control with Brush-Based Light Painting

Light Painter 1.5.3 redefines the way artists light their 3D scenes in Blender. Built for the Cycles rendering engine, this powerful add-on introduces a completely intuitive method for adding and adjusting lighting—by literally painting light directly onto 3D models. Designed for both professionals and beginners, Light Painter streamlines the creative process and empowers users to craft cinematic, stylized, or photorealistic lighting setups with unprecedented ease.

Rather than dealing with traditional lamp placement or complex light rigs, artists can now use brush strokes to define the color, intensity, and placement of lights interactively. Whether you're working on a product render, character portrait, environment scene, or abstract composition, Light Painter opens the door to more fluid, artistic, and immersive lighting workflows.

Key Features of Light Painter 1.5.3:

Paint Lights Directly on 3D Surfaces
Apply light to your models as if you were painting it—perfect for fine-tuning highlights, shadows, and reflections without interrupting your creative flow.

Powered by Cycles and Ray Tracing
Achieve stunningly realistic lighting using Blender’s ray tracing engine. Light interactions are calculated in real-time, delivering accurate reflections, specular highlights, and shadows.

Custom Light Attributes
Easily adjust:

Light color with full spectrum control

Brightness/intensity for soft or dramatic lighting

Specular contribution for refined highlights

Emission power to make surfaces glow dynamically

Randomized and Temperature-Based Colors
Experiment with randomized color options or fine-tune light temperature (warm to cool) to evoke different moods or times of day.

Non-Destructive & Artist-Friendly
Add and modify lights without disrupting existing materials or geometry. Great for illustrators, concept artists, animators, and lighting designers who need flexible tools that respond creatively.