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  • What the Reference Lab is for
  • Choosing a picture
  • The read-out
  • The studio's version
  • Into the Lighting Simulator
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  • Saving and opening setups
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Using the tool
  • The main workspace
  • Lighting presets
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  • Skin tone and backdrop
  • 3D, Diagram and Setup views
Help/Using the tool

Using the tool

  • The main workspace

    The 3D preview and the control panel - where you build and judge a setup.

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  • Lighting presets

    Quick starting points for common portrait lighting styles.

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  • Light controls

    Intensity, Kelvin, height, angle, distance and softness explained.

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  • Skin tone and backdrop

    How the subject and background tone change the way light reads.

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  • 3D, Diagram and Setup views

    The three ways to look at a setup and when to use each.

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Lumen Tool

A free portrait lighting simulator. Plan your light before the shoot.

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