Resources
Free downloads & tools.
Studio HDRI packs, Blender addons, and lighting resources — free and recommended.
Free HDRI packs
Studio Lighting HDRI Pack
Free6 studio lighting HDRIs in 32-bit EXR. Fresnel, softbox, octabox, gridded octabox, gradient scrim, and umbrella.
Studio 360 HDRI Collection
Free33 studio 360 HDRI maps in 32-bit EXR. Softboxes, octaboxes, LED panels, strip lights, beauty dishes, fresnels, umbrellas, and multi-light setups.
My tools
Light Wrangler
Interactive light placement for Blender. Cursor-driven positioning, scrims, HDR light textures, gobos, flags, IES profiles, false color, and light linking.
Snapshot
BetaLook development for Blender. Capture your lighting and camera setup, compare different versions side by side, pick the winner.
Third-party addons I use
POLYDOME
HDRI dome plugin for Blender. Drag & drop HDRIs, automatic floor matching, reflections, procedural puddles.
The most intuitive HDRI environment tool I've used. From my experience, it's the best addon in this niche — nothing else handles HDRI environments as well. Both Light Wrangler and Snapshot integrate with it natively.
View on SuperHive →Lens Sim
Render with real-world lenses in Cycles. 80+ lenses modeled from optical patents — chromatic aberration, bokeh, distortion, tilt-shift, all physically accurate.
An endless source of creative inspiration. Being able to use real-life lenses in a 3D workflow brings a missing layer of realism to every scene. There's nothing else like it.
View on SuperHive →QOL Tools Full Collection
20+ small, focused addons that each do one thing well. Selection bookmarks, camera bookmarks, booleans, HUD dimensions, ground placement, and more.
A well-thought-out collection from a fellow Blender developer who builds tools to solve his own problems first — not to sell something. That approach is why they work so well. Buy the collection once, all future additions are free.
View on SuperHive →