Light-X Pro - Intuitive Lighting for Blender

Light-X Pro is an add-on that aims to streamline and enhance the lighting workflow in Blender. With Light-X Pro

Light List

Light List Section: Presents a list of lights or light collections, with controls for adding, removing, and toggling between light and collection
Light Color: This property allows you to adjust the strength of the light.
Light intensity: This property allows you to adjust the strength of the light.
Selecting the light: This button allows you to select light in the viewport
Visibility: Hiding/unhiding the light in the viewport.
Solo light: Isolate a specific light for exclusive viewing by enabling solo mode.
Track Object: (if light track an object, a button to delete the tracking constraint is shown).

Light Group

Manages Light Groups: This panel creates, edits, and manipulates light groups in a 3D scene.
Provides UI for Light Group List: It offers a UI (User Interface) element in the form of a list to display the light groups.
Edits Light Group Properties: Through this list, users can edit various properties of each light group, including its name, color, and intensity.
Enables Light Group Manipulation: The panel allows users to add new light groups, remove existing groups, and add or remove lights from a particular group.

Camera List

Camera List Section: Presents a list of cameras or camera collections, with controls for adding, lock camera to view, and toggling between camera and collection
Focal Length: Adjust camera focal length
Toggle camera view: Switch between cameras with previews
Camera Lens: Adjust camera Sensor width
Selecting the camera: This button allows you to select camera in the viewport
Track Object: (if camera track an object, a button to delete the tracking constraint is shown)

Camera Switch

Displays Camera Switches: This panel shows a list of all the camera switches defined in the current scene.
Highlights Current Camera: The camera switch corresponding to the current frame is visually highlighted to easily identify the active camera.
Camera and Frame Properties: For each camera switch, you can see the camera object it references and its assigned frame number.
Reorder Camera Switches: The up and down arrow buttons (^) (v) next to the frame number allow you to move the camera switch up or down in the list, changing the order in which they are activated during playback.
Remove Camera Switch: The "X" button next to the frame number allows you to easily delete a camera switch from the list.
Add New Camera Switch: If there are currently no camera switches defined, a button with a plus sign (+) is displayed to quickly add a new one.

Render Settings

Main Render Settings:
- Render Engine: Choose the rendering engine to be used (e.g., Cycles, Eevee).
- Device (Cycles only): Specify the hardware device to be used for rendering with Cycles (CPU, GPU, etc.).
- Resolution: Set the output image dimensions (width and height) and scaling percentage.
- FPS (Frames Per Second): Define the frame rate for animation renders.

Subpanels:
Color Management: Provides settings for color management during rendering.
- View Transform: Defines how colors are transformed from the scene's linear space to the view space.
- Look: Controls the overall look of the rendered image (e.g., Filmic, Artistic).
- Exposure: Adjusts the overall brightness of the rendered image.
- Gamma: Sets the gamma correction for the final image.
Output Settings: Configure the output file for the rendered image.
- Path: Specify the location and filename for the rendered image.
- Image Settings: Access settings related to image format (PNG, JPEG, etc.), compression, and color depth.
World Settings: Control the environment settings that affect the rendered scene.
- Transparent Film: Enables background transparency for the rendered image.
- World Color (if Background node exists): Set the background color of the scene.
- Add Quick Fog (if no fog present): Quickly add a fog volume to the scene. (Button disabled if fog already exists)

Studio

Studio Management:
- Add a new studio setup to the scene.
- Clear the current studio setup from the scene.
Advanced Volumetric Control (if "s18" studio is selected):
- Assuming "Advanced Volumetric" material exists:
  - Edit the "Volume Color" of the Principled Volume node within the material.
- For Noise Texture nodes:
  - Adjust the "Scale," "Detail," and "Roughness" properties to control the noise pattern.
- For Color Ramp nodes (with at least 2 elements):
  - Modify the "Interpolation" type for color blending.
  - Edit the color and position of the first two color ramp elements.

Emission

Emission Material List:
- Dynamically displays all materials in the scene that utilize an Emission shader node within their node tree.
- Provides immediate visual identification of the currently assigned emission material to the active object (if any).
- Optimized for clear presentation with a designated display height of three rows.
Contextual Awareness:
- In the absence of an active object selection, the panel gracefully informs the user with a dedicated message.
Material Absence Notification:
- A clear and concise message is displayed if no materials in the scene currently employ an Emission shader.

Material Creation and Assignment:

Add Emission Material Button:
- Offers a prominent and easily accessible button to swiftly create a new material with an Emission shader, readily assignable to the active object.
Batch Assign Material Button (Optional):
- (If included) This feature provides a convenient option for assigning the active material to multiple selected objects simultaneously, streamlining the workflow.