TUTORIAL ARTICLE

Intermediate

5 min

Use Environment Lights to Elevate Your 3D Scene

Add realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections using Environment Lights and the advanced 3D renderer.

Note: Stock assets provided are for practice purposes only.See terms .

What you’ll learn

Environment Lights wrap around the scene

Environment Lights are a 360° spherical image that wraps around your scene to project lighting in a natural-looking way.

Use custom images

Add a custom image to your project and then change the light source in the Properties panel.

Try footage for moving light

Using footage as an environment light adds dynamic movement to your project.


Instruction by

Jess Libby

Adobe Stock Contributors

adobestock3d

icetray

23 June 2025

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