Lighting + HDRI LightAssistant

[Kimowal]

Kimowal submitted a new resource:

LightAssistant - Smart, cinematic one-click lighting for Virt-A-Mate.

LightAssistant v1.1 — Intelligent Lighting for Virt-A-Mate(early release)​

LightAssistant is a powerful, easy-to-use lighting toolkit that brings cinematic, studio-quality lighting to your VaM scenes with a single click.
It automatically scans your scene, builds complete lighting rigs, adjusts shadows, and applies hand-tuned presets designed for realism, beauty, anime style, drama, or clean studio looks.


Works as:

• Atom Plugin (attach...

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[Kimowal]

Hey everyone!
This is the first public release of LightAssistant, so consider it an early version,but fully functional.
I haven’t tested it in VR yet, but there shouldn’t be any issues.
Please enjoy it, try the presets, experiment with the lighting rig, and let me know what you think!
All feedback is welcome wether good, bad, or feature requests.
Tell me what you want, and I’ll see what I can add in the next updates.
Thanks for checking it out

 

[1943439974]

Wow, you've made so many plugins — huge thanks for everything you've contributed to the community!I gave this one a quick try, but the preset effects didn’t really wow me; nothing felt particularly stunning.Maybe I just had the wrong expectations. I was hoping for a “one-click gorgeous lighting setup” kind of plugin, but it’s clearly not designed to be that type of tool.

 

[BStarG2]

Thank you for this great plugin!

However, quick question: Is this compatible with and/or does this work well with Light Options?

Light Options - Plugins + Scripts -

Allows configuring some Unity Light options that the default UI doesn't have. The default Light UI in VAM doesn't show all of the available parameters, and some aren't fully set up. For example, the 'point bias' will affect shadowBias for point...

hub.virtamate.com

(Which I am always using, as a Session Plugin; which brings me to the question of compatibility, since Light Options is a global effect type of Plugin, so it would inevitably be overwritten by, or would itself overwrite your LightAssistant plugin)

 

[Kimowal]

Wow, you've made so many plugins — huge thanks for everything you've contributed to the community!I gave this one a quick try, but the preset effects didn’t really wow me; nothing felt particularly stunning.Maybe I just had the wrong expectations. I was hoping for a “one-click gorgeous lighting setup” kind of plugin, but it’s clearly not designed to be that type of tool.

Hey and thank you for your feedback dont worry this is an early version, i already am testing diff approaches, what is possible or not. So dont worry thre will be some nice updates soon

 

[Kimowal]

Thank you for this great plugin!

However, quick question: Is this compatible with and/or does this work well with Light Options?

Light Options - Plugins + Scripts -

Allows configuring some Unity Light options that the default UI doesn't have. The default Light UI in VAM doesn't show all of the available parameters, and some aren't fully set up. For example, the 'point bias' will affect shadowBias for point...

hub.virtamate.com

(Which I am always using, as a Session Plugin; which brings me to the question of compatibility, since Light Options is a global effect type of Plugin, so it would inevitably be overwritten by, or would itself overwrite your LightAssistant plugin)

To be honest i havent tested it yet, but thats why these feedbacks are so great i will sure do a test before next update

 

[thinoreos]

Can we see some photos/videos as previews in the post?

 

[Kimowal]

Can we see some photos/videos as previews in the post?

Yes, im just a bit occupied so im not sure if il be able to today but as i update il be sure to include at least some photos.

 

[Kimowal]

Guys new update is just around the corner (5-10 mins) , still not perfect but i think your going to like this one

 

[Kimowal]

Kimowal updated LightAssistant with a new update entry:

1.2

New in v1.2​

Scene Analysis 2.0 (Improved)​

The scene scanner has been fully upgraded. It now performs a much deeper analysis of your lighting environment:

• Counts all InvisibleLights
• Detects Spot / Point / Directional
• Reads intensity, range, angle, shadows
• Calculates total light energy
• Calculates average scene brightness
• Detects extreme values (too bright / too dark)
• Provides smart recommendations for...

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[Kimowal]

So ive Updated the LightAssistant, its still an early release and i think focus now is perfecting what already is, However if there is something you want the continue giving feedbacks and il try to implement if i can. (no promises but il sure give it a try! ). For now though i will focus improving this and my other plugins (https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/authors/kimowal.57618/ ) and i guess we take it from there.

 

[AppleJuice]

Very useful plugin! Can you move the apply preset button to the top? Next to the preset drop menu? That would be more convenient

 

[Kimowal]

Very useful plugin! Can you move the apply preset button to the top? Next to the preset drop menu? That would be more convenient

sure! im having off-time but will get at it tomorrow