3D Community News | 29.08.2024
Beeble - Production Ready AI Lighting With SwitchLight

In every sector of rendering, 3D visualization and effects, new developments are constantly being seen to be on the line. One of these has been introduced by Beeble developing an artificial intelligence based on a lighting tool named SwitchLight Studio. Read the article and stay informed!

SwitchLight Studio is a tool that seeks to change the way artists work with light in their pieces. It brings automation to the process and a new level of precision that could define the future of art. It actually redefines VFX and compositing, integrating AI and physically-based rendering to allow filmmakers to change the lighting at post-production. 

In a few words, SwitchLight uses AI to generate individual passes for a video, such as depth, normal, roughness, albedo, specular, and ambient occlusion. Each pass describes how the light will interact with the surface. For example, the albedo pass captures the actual color of objects without shadows or lighting effects, while the normal and depth maps capture 3D geometry. Then, it uses Physically Based rendering to replicate real-world lighting accurately.


The Evolution of Lighting with AI.

In the past lighting was one of the most time consuming aspects in 3D production for animation. Besides the technical acumen, it demands great knowledge in the way the light behaves and reflects on varied surfaces and settings. Using artificial intelligence, SwitchLight wants to make this process much easier.

SwitchLight is trying to become a ground-up production solution that lets the director craft a complex lighting environment with a minimum setup. This sounds beneficial for artists, as they no longer need to worry about details like the appropriate amount of light.


Beeble’s Unique Approach.

One of the most unique aspects of using SwitchLight is its capacity to analyze a scene and create the right lighting for that particular corner's mood and tone. If you are filming an action scene with a car chase involving fast cars or a nature scene shooting a beautiful landscape, you can prompt a proper lighting setting. This is all made possible by a highly advanced AI engine that becomes smarter with each project.

Recently, the Beeble’s team made a video highlighting SwitchLight Studio features and walking the viewers through the application process with several demonstrations. In the following sections, the authors present the realistic instance of this tool in different situations, and these efficacy looks pretty impressive. 


Real-World Applications.

SwitchLight Studio has already gained the attention of some of the top studios within the industry since it has a clean interface and has a lot of functionality. It makes it possible to test designs quickly thereby adhering to today’s stiff production cycles. The tool takes the simpler elements of lighting and eradicates them to allow the artists more creative freedom which in turn results in more visually appealing outcomes.

Like the company’s technical expertise, Beeble also boasts flexibility across its service provisions. They let the artists adjust the AI's parameter settings so that it meets the latter’s and not the former’s ideal artistic impression. This makes SwitchLight a very flexible tool that can be applied to almost any kind of production, starting from the cinematic level down to independently created animations.

Check out the video below and watch the abilities of this new promising AI tool:

If you want to try this app, visit the official Beeble Website!


Beeble.ai, developed by the innovative company Beeple, is a cutting-edge AI-powered tool known as SwitchLight Studio. This tool is designed to transform the 3D rendering and visual effects industry by automating and optimizing lighting setups.


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