Light Painter

The first Blender add-on that makes lighting feel like painting.

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

Need your vote — what should I build next for Light Painter Add-on?

1️⃣ Smart Layers — non-destructive editing (Photoshop-style). Come back anytime to tweak the gradient, animate the gradient itself (noise, color, etc.) — not just transform/opacity.

2️⃣ New Line & Shape tools — polyline and other shapes, using SDF for true falloff over the shape.

3️⃣ Feather for Selection — adds falloff to the selection itself when you fill or paint over it.

4️⃣ Gobos & IES library — ready-to-use built-in library of gobos and IES profiles.

Have a different idea? Drop it in the comments 👇

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

Need your vote:

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

🔥 v1.1.0 is out — and I basically rebuilt the gradient system from scratch.

Before: gradients had only 2 stops, and the workflow was kinda like: draw → undo → tweak → repeat.
Now: everything's live before you apply. Move stops, add/remove them, change colors, tweak interpolation — all updates in real time.

What's new:
* Multi-stop gradients, full ColorRamp-style editing in the viewport.
* Oval radials + focal shift, no more perfect circles.
* Mesh gradient — place points anywhere and blend between them.
* Noise on every gradient, 7 types with proper controls.
* Randomize button (colors / noise / layout / all)
#b3d #blender #blender3d #blenderaddon #vfx

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

🚀 LightPainter 1.0.9 is out!

What's new:
* Reworked brush falloff logic — behavior across the Hardness range now feels much more distinct, especially along stroke edges, and closely matches Photoshop.
* "Fill Color" now respects active selection — it'll fill only inside the selection. Previously the selection was ignored for this option.

#b3d #blender3d #blenderaddon #lightpainter #3dlighting #cgi

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

Huge thanks to @anselemnkoro for the awesome video review on YouTube! 🙌 Watch it here: https://t.co/2CXRXKGgao #b3d #blender3d

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

@sharmeh95 ahah, sorry to wake you up 😀

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

Made an add-on that lets you paint light directly in the viewport.

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

@SplinteredLens ahh, I see, but my add-on is about Blender ;)

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

@SplinteredLens What do you mean by that?

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

@avila_mov Glad it's working now! 🙌 If you will have any questions, feel free to ask — happy to help!

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

Hey everyone! 👋 Working on a tutorial video for LightPainter — what's been the most confusing part for you so far? Drop it in the comments and I'll make sure to cover it!

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

It seems some people have run into the same issue. I suspect it may be a conflict with another add-on, since using Light Painter on a clean Blender installation seems to solve the problem. You could also try installing a separate clean version of Blender, so it won’t be affected by your current settings or other add-ons, and then test Light Painter there to see if the issue still happens.

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

@avila_mov I’m currently working on a full tutorial that will show every aspect of addon 🙂 In the meantime, it’s also worth checking the documentation https://t.co/SiHGeQAE0Q — there’s a setup guide that explains how to get started and prepare the scene correctly.

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

@mhousemeteor You can grab it from the link in my profile, or directly here 🙂
https://t.co/mCyetthQ8K

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

After 4 months of hard work, my Blender add-on is finally out of beta! Paint light directly in the viewport like you paint in Photoshop. No nodes, no wiring, no hassle. #blender #b3d

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

@AndyCuccaro thanks 😊

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

@Punpun3D @fukupoly yes! just fill your layer with white color to lit the area, then erase or paint dark color where you want the shadows — and it'll create exactly that effect!

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

@robotic_cowboy_ @SpenserFX yes! The layer system supports Blender animation, you can keyframe any parameter of layer, there's also a section about it on the Superhive page. I'm also thinking of adding noise-driven animation to the roadmap as a new feature! 😊

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

@s___hiv Haha, true, a pinch of magic and a lot of math — 4 offscreen renders and way too many lines of shaders 😄

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

@pixelfondue I will check, maybe it can be possible to support it as well

[Light Painter @LightPainterPro]

@SpenserFX Working on tutorial video, planning to release it within the next week Is there anything specific you'd like me to cover or focus on in the video?