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LumaSphere

EVERYDAY PHOTOS. EXTRAORDINARY LIGHT.

Turn any photo
into a 32-bit HDRI.

A room. A street. An object on your desk. Turn a regular photo into a complete 360° lighting environment. Expand the scene, shape its light, and take it into your next render as a 32-bit EXR.

Turn your photo into an HDRI Watch it unfold
JPG · PNG · WebPAI-powered 360°32-bit EXR export
A luminous sphere with blue, violet, and warm white orbits
One photo. Every direction.Created with LumaSphere AI
32-bit EXRYour photo. Your next HDRI.
ORDINARY INPUT. A WHOLE NEW WORLD.

WHY CREATE WITH LUMASPHERE?

More imagination.
Less overhead.

Put your energy into the world you want to make. Start with less equipment, explore more possibilities, and bring the light back to your work.

LOWER SETUP COSTS

Skip the expensive
capture setup.

Start with your phone or an image you already have. You can avoid buying specialist camera gear and adding separate panorama-stitching software just to create a lighting environment.

No dedicated capture rigNo stitching workflow
UNLIMITED IMAGINATION

Some worlds
can only be imagined.

Twin suns. Floating architecture. A studio in orbit. Describe a place that doesn’t exist and create an environment you can use to light your next scene.

PROMPT IDEAA pale desert beneath two suns, with long violet shadows and a silver horizon.

Explore more directions.

Try different scenes and styles from the same starting point, without planning another shoot.

Make the light fit.

Change exposure, temperature, rotation, and individual light regions to suit the scene you’re making.

Preview before you render.

See how your lighting responds on chrome, matte, and glossy materials while you work.

One world. Many projects.

Export your 32-bit EXR and reuse the environment across product shots, artwork, and 3D renders.

Start with 3 free images, then choose a monthly plan with our service included in the displayed price. Savings depend on your existing equipment and workflow. Generated lighting is a creative alternative; measured on-location HDR capture remains useful when physical accuracy matters. Explore the pricing guide

FROM YOUR CAMERA ROLL TO YOUR NEXT RENDER

One photo in.
An entire world out.

Follow the light.
Scroll to see the transformation

01 / THE STARTING POINT

Anything catches your eye.

A room. A city street. A favorite object. Start with a regular JPG, PNG, or WebP from your camera roll.

No panoramic camera required.
JPG / PNG / WEBP32-BIT EXR
A sample loft environment expanding from a photo-sized frame into a full panorama
360° × 180° SPHERICAL ENVIRONMENT
YOUR PHOTO
OPENEXR
32BIT

Every direction.
Ready to light.

your-world.exrFloating-point environmentLinear RGB · HDRI
PHOTO → WORLD → LIGHT

Illustrative walkthrough with a sample environment. AI estimates unseen surroundings and lighting; 32-bit EXR preserves floating-point values, not measured HDR recovered from a single photo.

THERE’S LIGHT IN EVERYTHING

A world of possibilities.

Explore a few places to begin.
Every scene has a different kind of light.

LumaSphere / Environment preview2:1 · EQUIRECTANGULAR
The daylight loft panoramic HDR environment preview
Interior environment

The daylight loft

Warm timber. Tall windows. Room to imagine.

ENVIRONMENT LIGHTINGOne scene.
Every direction.

Real HDR starter captures, courtesy of Poly Haven. Your generated worlds can start with a photo or a prompt.

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THOUGHTFUL ON THE INSIDE, TOO.

A little science.
A more honest image.

Spherical coordinates, linear light, and explicit provenance help keep the process understandable. See what the math does—and what AI still has to estimate.

Explore the features & mathematics

YOUR NEXT HDRI STARTS HERE

Your camera roll has potential.

Pick a photo. Build a world. Take the light with you.
Export your next environment as a 32-bit EXR.

Create your HDRI