by CGI Forge·VFX
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Electrify - Quick Lightning stands out in the superhive library for packing four distinct lightning types, from bezier-shapeable simple bolts to game-style LowPoly planes, into a one-click, procedural workflow.
Electrify - Quick Lightning is a lightning generator for Blender from CGI Forge, aimed at users who want precise control over their lighting. It's flexible, customizable, animatable and procedural, with many parameters and control objects for shaping each lightning object, and you can spawn as many of them as you want.
The add-on includes four lightning types. Simple Lightning has no branches and is shapeable like a bezier curve, with tips that can connect to objects. Branched Lightning adds branches, each driven by a control object, with nine control objects and nine parameters. Random Lightning produces a different shape each time you hit Generate and can attach to objects. LowPoly Lightning is a plane with a node-based material that works like grass planes in games and can be set to always look at a chosen object.
It supports Eevee and Cycles for Blender 2.8 and above, applies its lightning material automatically, offers one-click setup ready to render, and ships with an example file and a 19 page user guide PDF.
Electrify - Quick Lightning is best for blender artists creating animatable, procedural lightning effects who want precise control and one-click setup across Eevee and Cycles.
Electrify - Quick Lightning is completely free to download and use.
Electrify - Quick Lightning supports Blender 2.8 and above. Version 4.1 updated the add-on to the Blender 4.2 extension system, and version 4.0 moved it to the Blender 3.0 Python API while keeping Blender 2.9 and below supported. It renders in both Eevee and Cycles, so you can use it across recent Blender releases without switching render engines. Check the developer's page for the current supported version range and the latest build.
Electrify - Quick Lightning renders in both Eevee and Cycles, and it applies its lightning material automatically. The setup is one click and ready to render, so you can generate a lightning object and see it shaded right away. The LowPoly Lightning type uses a node-based, customizable material, while the other types come with the applied lightning material out of the box.
Electrify - Quick Lightning includes four lightning types. Simple Lightning has no branches and is shapeable like a bezier curve. Branched Lightning adds branches controlled by nine control objects and nine parameters. Random Lightning generates a different shape each time you hit the button, and you can change some values to suit your needs. LowPoly Lightning is a plane with a node-based material that works like grass planes in games and can be set to always look at a chosen object.
Electrify - Quick Lightning can connect lightning to objects in your scene. A prepared shrink wrap modifier provides a realistic connection to whatever object you select. The tips of the Simple and Random Lightning types can be connected to objects, and since version 3.1 the Random Lightning can be attached to an object with animatable results. You just select the object you want the lightning to connect to.
Electrify - Quick Lightning is listed as free in this catalog, and the add-on states that you get every future update for free. For current licensing terms and to download the latest version, check the developer's page on superhive. It ships with an example file with easy-to-understand instructions and a 19 page user guide PDF to help you get started with the four lightning types.
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