StrobeRoom 1.8 adds our first 3D set: a brick loft apartment you can light inside. We also changed what a look is, and brought in a new range of furniture.
A real room to light in
Pick the brick loft apartment from the 3D sets list and its windows and lamps become lights you can switch and dim alongside your own fixtures. The pendant and wall lamps start on, the windows start off, and switching the windows on brings daylight in from a street view outside.
A room brings problems an empty studio doesn't have: walls between you and the subject, and furniture where a light stand wants to go. Here's how we handled them.
- Walls step aside: when you look into the room from outside, the walls between you and the action get out of the way, the way a film set pulls a wild wall.
- No clipping on arrival: lights and cameras that would land inside the set's furniture or walls move to the nearest clear spot, and a note lists what moved.
The high-quality render uses the room too: the set's geometry and its glowing windows and lamps.
Looks hold a whole studio
We think of a look as a profile of its own, so a look now keeps the complete setup: the backdrop or set, the people, furniture, lights, cameras, haze and notes. Press + for a fresh studio, or duplicate a look to try a variation without losing the original. The setup menu fills only the look you're on.
More furniture
We added sofas, armchairs, dining chairs, stools, tables, shelving, rugs and practical lamps from the Amazon Berkeley Objects collection (CC BY 4.0), at their real measured sizes, alongside the Poly Haven pieces. The table and floor lamps are practicals you can switch on and dim.
Smaller changes
- Starting a new setup now asks whether to save the current one.
- People look straight ahead by default, instead of into the lens.