by supartwi·Rendering
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Env Lights Design earns its place in the superhive library by folding Light Sets, camera assignment, atmosphere and a render queue into a single Cycles panel, with builds verified against Blender 4.5.3 and 5.1.2.
Env Lights Design is a Blender add-on that brings Light Sets, cameras, atmosphere and rendering into one connected Cycles workflow. It lives in the 3D Viewport sidebar, opened with the N key, under a Lights Design tab.
A Light Set shapes sky, sun, clouds, fog and tone as a single look. You can build a sky or connect an environment image through HDRI, drive sun direction from coordinates, date and hour, and layer clouds, fog, god rays and tone in the same panel. Camera assignment keeps every view paired with its intended environment, and Light Sets can be imported and exported between scenes as JSON.
The render queue closes the loop: queue cameras for stills, run animation, and each queued still activates its camera and assigned Light Set automatically. The current release is version 1.0.0, targeting Cycles, with builds verified against Blender 4.5.3 and 5.1.2.
Env Lights Design is best for blender artists working across multi-camera scenes in Cycles who want each shot paired with its own environment lighting, atmosphere and render setup.
Env Lights Design is completely free to download and use.
Env Lights Design lists a supported range of Blender 4.2 to 5.1, matching its current marketplace compatibility. Builds 4.5.3 and 5.1.2 have passed an install and functional smoke check. The add-on targets the Cycles render engine, so plan around that pipeline. If you run a version inside the stated range, check the developer's page for the latest compatibility notes before installing the current 1.0.0 release.
Env Lights Design is built as a Cycles environment lighting workflow, and its render target is Cycles. Light Sets combine sky, sun, clouds, fog, god rays and tone, and the render queue applies the assigned look before each render inside that pipeline. For anything about behaviour outside Cycles, check the developer's page, since the workflow is described around the Cycles render engine.
Env Lights Design lives in the 3D Viewport sidebar, reached with the N key, under a Lights Design tab. From there you build Light Sets, link cameras, adjust atmosphere and run the render queue in one connected panel. Keeping the controls in the sidebar lets you shape sky, sun, clouds, fog, god rays and tone without leaving the panel. The location is Sidebar → Lights Design.
Env Lights Design is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing and any current pricing can change, so check the developer's page for the latest terms before you download. The add-on is distributed under the GPL license and its current release is version 1.0.0. Support is offered by the creator, supartwi, through the product listing, which is the place to confirm what's included.
Env Lights Design supports import and export of Light Sets as JSON, so a look built in one scene can be moved into another. Each Light Set bundles sky and HDRI, sun and time of day, clouds and fog, and god rays and tone as one connected environment. Camera assignment keeps every view paired with its intended look, and the render queue activates the right Light Set automatically.
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