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Lighting — 20 HDRI environments

Twenty real environments, captured on location

No synthetic gradients — every environment is a real high-dynamic-range photograph of an actual place, streamed as HDR and PMREM-processed into reflections. The demos below render live with the environment doubled as background — drag to orbit.

01 — Environment

Apartment

Soft directional daylight with generous indoor bounce — a natural fill that flatters almost every material.

Scene
A residential apartment interior with broad window daylight.
Pairs best with
Sky clay, terracotta, pastel gummy
Light with Apartment

02 — Environment

Bridge

Balanced outdoor light with structural reflections — metals pick up long horizontal streaks.

Scene
An open bridge structure with sky above and ground bounce below.
Pairs best with
Brushed steel, titanium, carbon fibre
Light with Bridge

03 — Environment

City

Dozens of tiny speculars — chrome and glass pick up a full skyline. Enable 'environment as background' for the full shot.

Scene
An urban skyline with rows of lit windows and a glowing horizon.
Pairs best with
Chrome, diamond, piano black
Light with City

04 — Environment

Dawn

Cool ambient with a whisper of warmth. Flatters glass, clay and pastel plastics without saturating them.

Scene
Pre-sunrise sky with cool ambient and a first blush of warmth.
Pairs best with
Clear glass, blush clay, pastel gummy
Light with Dawn

05 — Environment

Esplanade

Even outdoor ambient with a bright horizon band — broad, calm highlights on curved metal.

Scene
A waterfront esplanade under open sky.
Pairs best with
Rose gold, sterling silver, frosted glass
Light with Esplanade

06 — Environment

Forest

Diffuse green ambient plus broken beams of light — organic metals and woods read natural here.

Scene
A forest canopy filtering daylight into dappled green ambient.
Pairs best with
Natural oak, walnut, cast metal
Light with Forest

07 — Environment

Hall

A high bright ceiling acts like one giant softbox — clean wraparound speculars for architectural metals.

Scene
A large interior hall with bright overhead light.
Pairs best with
Stainless panel, platinum, chrome
Light with Hall

08 — Environment

Lab

Even, neutral, near-shadowless light — the reference white for judging true material color.

Scene
A bright, clinical laboratory interior.
Pairs best with
Glossy white, candy gloss, clear glass
Light with Lab

09 — Environment

Lobby

Warm, generous interior bounce — brass and gold glow without burning out.

Scene
A hotel-style lobby with warm interior light.
Pairs best with
Brass, gold-solar, burgundy velvet
Light with Lobby

10 — Environment

Metallic

Built for speculars: bright, controlled highlights that give chrome and liquid metal their mirror moment.

Scene
A studio space tuned for photographing metal.
Pairs best with
Liquid mercury, chrome-forged, titanium
Light with Metallic

11 — Environment

Night

Reflections collapse to pinpoints — emissive presets and oil-slick iridescence own this environment.

Scene
Near-black night sky with faint moonlight and scattered glow.
Pairs best with
Neon cyan, gunmetal, oil slick
Light with Night

12 — Environment

Park

Fresh outdoor light with green ground bounce — friendly, airy, easy on every color.

Scene
An open green park under daylight.
Pairs best with
Candy red, sun yellow, natural oak
Light with Park

13 — Environment

Room

Directional daylight with warm fill. The editorial default for velvet, brass and clay.

Scene
A bright interior room with window daylight.
Pairs best with
Burgundy velvet, brass, terracotta
Light with Room

14 — Environment

Sky

Pure sky ambient — the cleanest blue-white light in the set, ideal for a product-on-white feel.

Scene
Open sky, horizon to zenith.
Pairs best with
Glossy white, sterling silver, clear glass
Light with Sky

15 — Environment

Studio

The neutral reference light. Speculars stay white and symmetric — the best choice when the material is the story.

Scene
A photographic studio with controlled softbox lighting.
Pairs best with
Chrome, platinum, diamond
Light with Studio

16 — Environment

Sunrise

Low warm light against cool sky — long soft highlights that make satin metals glow.

Scene
Early morning sky moments after first light.
Pairs best with
Amber fade, rose gold, gold-rough
Light with Sunrise

17 — Environment

Sunset

Long warm highlights on one side, cool shadows on the other. The most dramatic metal light in the set.

Scene
Late golden-hour sky with a low warm sun.
Pairs best with
Gold, copper, amber gradients
Light with Sunset

18 — Environment

Venice

Water bounce fills shadows with soft warm shimmer — romantic light for jewellery and gold.

Scene
A Venetian waterfront with warm light over water.
Pairs best with
Gold-clean, sterling silver, pearl shift
Light with Venice

19 — Environment

Warehouse

A big empty volume with shafts of daylight — gritty cinematic light for gunmetal and cast metals.

Scene
A large industrial warehouse with high windows.
Pairs best with
Gunmetal, cast metal, forged carbon
Light with Warehouse

20 — Environment

Workshop

Striped speculars wrap around extrusions like a fabrication floor. Excellent on brushed and ribbed metals.

Scene
A working workshop with bright task lighting.
Pairs best with
Brushed steel, corrugated steel, titanium
Light with Workshop

Material × environment is the whole game

The same chrome under Studio and City is two different logos. Browse the material library with per-preset environment recommendations.