Enhance your lighting workflow with a set of 9 custom-built (C++ plugin) lighting tools.
Works with
- modo 10 -to- modo 16
Compatibile with
- Windows 10 and 11
- Linux
- macOS: Sierra -to- Big Sur only. 12+ NOT supported.
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Full price $20
First Light Kit for MODO
Place Highlight
Interatively place highlights (reflections from a light) precisely where you need them by clicking on- and moving across- polygon surfaces in your scene.
Useful for,
- Precise placement of specular light reflections relative to the render camera;
- Rotation of light reflections;
- Adjusting the distance of light to the surface.
Reflektor
Procedural (mesh-op) creation of shapes for use as lumigons, reflectors and cards.
Useful for,
- Lumigons (luminous polygons) for lighting;
- Lumigons using your own HDR studio light images;
- Reflector Card.
Aim At Surface
Interactivity align one or more lights to face polygon normals.
Useful for,
- Fast alignment of multiple lights;
- Adjusting the distance of lights to the surface;
- Visualise light surface targets.
Light from Polygons
Creates a light at the centre of each selected polygon facing out along its normal.
Useful for,
- Create modo lights aligned to poly surfaces; e.g. downlights, lamps.
- Concept art; e.g. placing point lights to simulate distant light sources.
Light from View
Creates a light at the 3d view location that matches the view facing.
Useful for,
- Fast creation of lights in place.
- Creating lights with linked surface target locators.
Locator from Light Hit
Creates locators at the surface each light is facing at, and links them to their associated lights.
Useful for,
- Creating linked locator targets for lights.
Stick-E Locator
Interactively move a locator across the surface of a mesh; Sticks to surface.
Useful for,
- Positioning a light’s target locator; Changing the lights facing.
- Set the 3D position of a locator by clicking on a polygon surface.
Point to Point Light
Creates a Point Light at each selected point in your scene.
Useful for,
- Creating multiple point lights in place.
Edge to Cylinder Light
Creates a Cylinder Light at each selected edge with matching orientation and length.
Useful for,
- Creating cylinder lights aligned to geometry.
User Guide and Videos
Requirements
- This plugin requires MODO (not indie), see top of page for compatible versions.
- An internet connection is required to access the User Manual.
Supported operating systems: 64-bit only,
- Windows 10
- Linux 1
- macOS: Sierra -to- Mojave
- macOS: Catalina and Big Sur only 2 . Read how-to »
1 The Linux version is tested on Ubuntu 20.04 (LTS) and Arch (Rolling). Linux is my primary development platform.
2 macOS from Monterey onwards (12+) is NOT supported.
License
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