What's New in Custom Lights 2.0

🚀 Blender 5.0 Compatible
Fully updated and tested to ensure seamless performance with the latest Blender 5.0 release.

🌍 World Brightness Control
Quickly adjust your scene's world/environment brightness directly from the Manage Lights panel.

🎚️ Collection Brightness Multiplier
New slider on each collection header to multiply brightness of all lights in that collection. Click the ✓ button to apply and reset.

🎨 Split Gradient Light Plane
The Gradient Light Plane is now split into two dedicated operators:

Linear Gradient - Creates linear gradient emission planes
Sphere Gradient - Creates spherical gradient emission planes
Both include a new "Transparent Black Gradient" checkbox that makes black areas of the gradient transparent.

✨ Plane Gobo Lights
Three new plane gobo operators for quick light texture effects:

P.Noise - Noise-based gobo texture
P.Voronoise - Voronoi noise pattern
P.Wave - Wave pattern gobo
🌡️ Accurate Black Body Colors
Updated Black Body color values to align perfectly with Blender's physical light calculations.

⚡ Quick Access Shortcut "L"
Press "L" while a light is active to instantly open the parameters popup menu.

🌐 Light Dome Updates
Significant improvements to the Light Dome feature for better environmental lighting.

🔦 Gobo Light Enhancements
Gobo Light Noise: Add organic variation and texture to your lights.
Image Gobo Light: Project images and patterns for complex lighting effects.
🎨 UI & Manage Light Updates
Revamped Manage Light interface - cleaner, more organized, and easier to navigate.

Key Features
1. Add Base Lights
Rapidly create standard Blender lights at your cursor's position.

Types: Point, Sun, Spot, Area (Rectangle/Ellipse).
Auto-Organization: Automatically groups lights into collections.
2. Custom Lights & Tools
Advanced lighting tools for complex scenarios.

Tracker Light: Area lights that automatically track a target object.
Linear/Sphere Gradient Plane: Emissive planes with adjustable gradients and transparent black option.
Translucent Light Plane: Diffusion plane to soften shadows and create studio effects.
Simple God Rays: Volumetric "God Ray" effects for Spot lights.
Plane Gobos: Quick noise, voronoise, and wave pattern gobos.
Track to Selected: Apply "Track To" constraint to multiple objects.
Make Emission Mesh: Convert any mesh into a light source.
Input Blackbody Color: Set light color using Kelvin temperature values.
3. Manage Lights
Your command center for all lighting in the scene.

Centralized View: All lights and emissive meshes organized by collection.
Collection Brightness: Multiply brightness of all lights in a collection.
World Brightness: Control environment lighting strength.
Direct Control: Adjust Color, Brightness/Power, and Size/Shape from the list.
Selection: Click names to select lights or entire collections.
Visibility: Toggle Viewport, Render, and Camera visibility.
Installation & Getting Started
Install:

Download the custom_light.zip file.
Open Blender and go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons.
Click Install..., select the zip file, and enable "Custom Lights".
Location:

In the 3D Viewport, press "N" to open the Sidebar.
Click on the "Custom Lights" tab.
Start Lighting:

Use the panels to add lights, apply effects, or manage your scene's illumination.
Happy Lighting!