LightCraftPRO Copyright 2026 KoKoS_TeBe_V_NoS Vendor: KoKoS_TeBe_V_NoS Version: 0.2.132 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ------------------- LightCraftPRO is a DAZ Studio lighting and camera utility for controlling a camera-mounted light lens, viewport lighting workflow and Sun-Sky direction from one interface. The utility combines camera lens color controls, image effects, lighting presets, weather effects, Iray Preview and a temporary Sun Camera for precise Sun-Sky placement. The Color page lets you set RGB and HEX lens color values and adjust Vignetting, Saturation and Gamma. The Presets page provides Morning, Day, Evening and Night lighting presets together with a Time of Day control and optional weather effects. The Sun page provides directional controls and a temporary camera workflow for adjusting the Sun-Sky direction. The Sun Camera is temporary. When the user exits Sun Camera mode, LightCraftPRO restores the previous viewport camera, stores the camera transform for the current scene and preserves the selected Sun-Sky direction in the native environment parameters. The temporary Sun Camera is removed after a successful exit. On the next activation, the stored transform and sun direction can be used to restore the previous working position. LightCraftPRO is designed for DAZ Studio 4.24 or later on Windows. NVIDIA Iray is required for Iray Preview and the Iray lens material workflow. FEATURES -------- - Camera selection with previous, next and refresh controls. - LightCraftPRO Lens creation and editing on the active camera. - RGB and HEX color input for the camera lens. - Vignetting, Saturation and Gamma controls. - Morning, Day, Evening and Night lighting presets. - Time of Day adjustment. - Optional weather effects. - Temporary Sun Camera for positioning the Sun-Sky direction. - Directional translation controls for the temporary Sun Camera. - Orbit, rotate and roll controls for the temporary Sun Camera. - Native Sun-Sky direction preservation when exiting Sun Camera mode. - DAZ Studio viewport control for the temporary Sun Camera. - Interactive Lesson Manager help for viewport controls. - Iray Preview toggle. - Optional Debug Log for diagnostics. - Single-instance protection for the LightCraftPRO window. BUTTONS AND CONTROLS -------------------- Camera selector The camera selector displays the active scene camera. Use the previous and next buttons to move through the available cameras. Use the refresh button to update the camera list after cameras are added or removed. Iray Preview The Iray Preview button switches the DAZ Studio viewport to NVIDIA Iray Preview. Press the button again to return to Texture Shaded mode. Color The Color page controls the LightCraftPRO Lens attached to the active camera. - RGB sliders and numeric fields set the red, green and blue components. - The HEX field accepts a hexadecimal color value. - Apply writes the selected color and image effect values to the lens. - Reset restores the default LightCraftPRO lens values. - Import reads available LightCraftPRO Lens values from the active camera. - Vignetting controls the edge darkening effect. - Saturation controls color intensity. - Gamma controls image brightness response. If the active camera does not have a LightCraftPRO Lens, Apply creates the required lens object and applies the Iray lens material. Presets The Presets page provides four lighting presets: - Morning - Day - Evening - Night Select a preset icon and use the Time of Day control to adjust the lighting. Apply writes the selected preset settings to the scene. Reset restores the default preset values. The weather controls provide optional scene weather effects. Select the required weather effect, adjust its value and use Apply to write the effect to the scene. Reset restores the default weather values. Sun The Sun page controls the temporary LightCraftPRO Sun Camera. - Create Sun Camera creates the temporary camera and makes it the active viewport camera. - The directional arrow buttons translate or pan the temporary Sun Camera. - The circular arrow buttons orbit, rotate or roll the temporary Sun Camera. - Exit Sun Camera restores the previous viewport camera and removes the temporary camera. - The help text and bubble icon open the Interactive Lesson Manager. The Sun Camera can be controlled either with the LightCraftPRO buttons or with the DAZ Studio viewport controls. When Sun Camera mode is exited, LightCraftPRO preserves the final Sun-Sky direction through the native environment parameters. The temporary camera is not intended to remain in the scene after exit. Interactive Lesson Manager Click the help text or bubble icon on the Sun page to start the Interactive Lesson Manager. The lesson highlights the DAZ Studio viewport controls used to orbit, rotate, bank, pan and dolly the Sun Camera. Debug Log Enable Debug Log only when diagnostics are required. LightCraftPRO writes the optional LightCraftPRO_Debug.log file in the script directory while the debug option is enabled. The log records camera, lens, preset, Sun Camera and error information useful for troubleshooting. BASIC USE --------- 1. Open LightCraftPRO from the DAZ Studio Scripts menu. 2. Select the required scene camera with the camera selector. 3. Open Color to set the lens color and image effects, then press Apply. 4. Open Presets to choose a lighting preset or optional weather effect, then press Apply. 5. Open Sun and press Create Sun Camera. 6. Adjust the Sun Camera with the LightCraftPRO buttons or the DAZ Studio viewport controls. 7. Press Exit Sun Camera when the Sun-Sky direction is correct. 8. Use Iray Preview when an Iray viewport preview is required. SUN CAMERA WORKFLOW ------------------- LightCraftPRO uses the Sun Camera as a temporary control object. The camera is initialized from the scene Sun-Sky direction and the previously stored Sun Camera transform when available. While Sun Camera mode is active, the user can adjust the camera position and orientation. LightCraftPRO uses the final camera state to update the Sun-Sky direction. On exit, LightCraftPRO performs the following operations: 1. Reads the final Sun Camera transform. 2. Preserves the final Sun-Sky direction in the native Sun-Sky environment parameters when they are available. 3. Restores the viewport camera that was active before Sun Camera mode. 4. Removes the temporary LightCraftPRO Sun Camera. If the required native Sun-Sky environment parameters cannot be found, LightCraftPRO reports the problem in the status area and Debug Log instead of silently treating the operation as successful. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ------------------- - DAZ Studio 4.24 or later on Windows. - A mapped DAZ Studio Content Library. - NVIDIA Iray for Iray Preview and the Iray lens material workflow. No additional Renderosity or DAZ Studio product is required for the basic LightCraftPRO interface. INSTALLATION ------------ 1. Copy the LightCraftPRO package into a DAZ Studio Content Library that is mapped in DAZ Studio. 2. Open the Scripts folder in the Content Library. 3. Browse to Scripts/KoKoS_TeBe_V_NoS/LightCraftPRO. 4. Run LightCraftPRO.dsa. 5. To add LightCraftPRO to DAZ Studio Favorites, run Add_to_Favorites.dsb. Keep the images and Resourse folders in the same LightCraftPRO folder as the script. They contain the interface icons, preset assets and lens resources required by the script. INCLUDED FILES -------------- Documentation/LightCraftPRO_Readme.txt Documentation/Renderosity_License.txt Scripts/KoKoS_TeBe_V_NoS/LightCraftPRO/Add_to_Favorites.dsb Scripts/KoKoS_TeBe_V_NoS/LightCraftPRO/Add_to_Favorites.png Scripts/KoKoS_TeBe_V_NoS/LightCraftPRO/LightCraftPRO.dsa Scripts/KoKoS_TeBe_V_NoS/LightCraftPRO/LightCraftPRO.png Scripts/KoKoS_TeBe_V_NoS/LightCraftPRO/LightCraftPRO_Settings.json Scripts/KoKoS_TeBe_V_NoS/LightCraftPRO/images/ Scripts/KoKoS_TeBe_V_NoS/LightCraftPRO/Resourse/ LICENSE ------- LightCraftPRO is distributed under the Renderosity License included with this package. Read Documentation/Renderosity_License.txt before using or redistributing the product.