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07-848 2005

KeyShot Studio

Environments

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Adding Environments

KeyShot Studio is designed to provide real-world lighting right out of the box. Through environment presets and the ability to modify them or create your own, your scene can be lit just the way you need with everything visible in real-time.

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Copy Pin

When this options is selected, a snapshot of a section of the background is used as a new pin. A pin handle and a marker of the copy-origin (yellow dot) will appear on the preview window.

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Environment Settings

KeyShot Studio allows you to adjust your HDRI lighting through a set of easily adjustable Settings found in the Project window > Environment tab.

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Environments

The primary method of lighting a scene in KeyShot Studio is through Environment Lighting. Environment Lighting uses spherical High-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI) to represent the full, physically accurate lighting of an interior or exterior space.

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Gradient Pin

A Gradient Pin allows you to place a light source with color and opacity variations.

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HDRI Editor (Pro)

The KeyShot Studio HDRI Editor (Pro feature) is a simple way to make adjustments to lighting environments or create your own.

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HDRI Editor Background

When you select the Background item in the HDRI Editor Pin List you have four options for your HDRI Editor Background: Color, Gradient, Sun & Sky and Image.

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HDRI Editor Pins

Pins are light sources that can be placed into the HDRI to further enhance the image file, and give the desired lighting effect on the object scene.

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Image Pin

The image pin allows you to use HDR, HDZ, EXR, JPG, PNG, JPEG, and BMP as a pin. There are limitless usages for this pin, such as creating specific reflections, simulating a lighting array and using part of an HDR with another HDR among others.

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Standard Pin

Add Pin creates a pin in the center of the unfolded HDRI. Grab it to place it in the desired location.

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