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Auto Lighting — Quick Lights earns its place in the superhive library for turning lighting setup into a single Generate click, with live Light Count and Distance controls and a Clear button to remove the rig cleanly.
Auto Lighting — Quick Lights is a one-click lighting add-on for Blender. You select a non-light object as the target, open the N-Panel under Auto Lighting in the 3D View, and click Generate to build a surround rig. Two primary controls, Light Count and Light Distance, update in real time, so you can add or remove lights and push or pull the whole rig without rebuilding.
Every light automatically uses Track To on the selected target. The surround rig supports Area and Spot lights, and per-light controls let you adjust energy, size and shape, shadow, and spot cone on any selected light. World lighting toggles between an HDRI environment and a solid world background, both with adjustable strength. The add-on works with Eevee and Cycles.
The setup is non-destructive: a Clear button removes the add-on lights when you're done. The download includes the add-on ZIP, a README covering installation and usage, a CHANGELOG, and a GPL-2.0-or-later license, and a demo video is available.
Auto Lighting - Quick Lights (One-Click Lighting Add-On) is best for lighting products, characters, and look-dev in Blender.
Auto Lighting - Quick Lights (One-Click Lighting Add-On) is completely free to download and use.
Auto Lighting — Quick Lights is designed for Blender 4.0 through 4.5. Within that range you select a non-light object, open the N-Panel under Auto Lighting in the 3D View, and click Generate to create the surround rig. The download ships as an add-on ZIP named auto_lighting_quick_lights, along with a README covering installation and usage, so you can follow the developer's steps to enable it on a supported Blender version.
Auto Lighting — Quick Lights works with both Eevee and Cycles, so the surround rig you generate applies in either render engine. The rig supports Area and Spot lights, and world lighting can toggle between an HDRI environment and a solid world background, each with adjustable strength. Per-light controls on any selected light cover energy, size and shape, shadow, and spot cone, giving you room to fine-tune the setup within either engine.
Auto Lighting — Quick Lights builds a rig in a few steps. First select a non-light object as your target, then open the 3D View, go to the N-Panel, find the Auto Lighting section, and click Generate. From there you adjust Light Count and Light Distance, which update in real time, and fine-tune any selected light. When you no longer need the lights, the Clear button removes the add-on lights so the setup stays non-destructive.
Auto Lighting — Quick Lights is listed as free here in the catalog. It ships under a GPL-2.0-or-later license, included in the download alongside the add-on ZIP, README, and CHANGELOG. Licensing and distribution terms can change, so for the current details it's best to check the developer's page directly. The listing also notes a demo video is available if you want to see more before installing.
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