SLIK 2 studio lighting kit for Modo is out

Feb 04, 2016 by CGP Staff

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New features in the latest version of 9b Studios’ toolkit for creating lighting setups for high-quality rendering include:

Intuitive automatic light-targeting process
Lightboard Controller — a centralized control for all SLIK lights including mute, solo, relink, intensity, color, global intensity
34 new 4K light textures
Studio Save feature
HDR Bake feature
SLIK HDR Studio Swap – swaps from HDR to full studio lights to allow tweaking
In-camera control system for SLIK 2 lights
Automatic render pass with re-coloring
Automatic composition script using Photoshop CC 2015 or After Effects CC 2015
Single-click preference system
Updated lights and presets
New smart material library
Material Override for quick lighting tests
Physical Sun preset system
Custom Preset Save feature
Ability to remove tripod/secondary meshes from view
Performance-optimized SLIK 2 assemblies and options

The SLIK 2 kit includes 15 base assembly presets, 20 lighting setups (covering small-scale, medium-scale, large-scale and portrait studio photography), 20 x 2K HDR environment maps, 34 x 4K lighting textures, 12 material presets, instructional videos and a manual. It is priced at $149, with upgrades costing $119. Modo 901 and above are required. More on The Foundry’s website.

Source: Jason