Creative AI
Maxon's Scene Light lets editors change video lighting after filming
Red Giant's AI-assisted lighting tool aims to reduce manual post-production work.
Kuva: Maxon / Red Giant. Valmistajan 2027.0-uudistuksen kuvitus.
Scene Light, part of Maxon's autumn 2026 software updates, brings virtual lighting adjustments to Adobe After Effects. Its purpose is to help editors change the apparent lighting of footage after a shoot.
The tool estimates spatial characteristics of video frames and adapts digital light sources to the scene's structure. This can help create effects such as nighttime illumination or light emitted by a digital effect.
The approach could reduce the need for reshoots in commercials and smaller film productions. However, AI-based depth estimation is not equivalent to a complete 3D model, so demanding shadows and reflections may still need manual work.
The description is based on the manufacturer's announcement; the quality of the features has not been independently tested here.