1. Studio Presets

The Studio Presets section lets you instantly reconfigure the current studio using predefined setups.

Create New Studio Level

Creates a new dedicated studio level with a default Atlux Studio actor and required dependencies.

Use this when starting a new scene, resetting a heavily modified studio, or creating variations across multiple levels.

Preset Grid

Each preset updates the current studio based on the selected Elements to Update (see Section 2).

2. Elements to Update

This section determines which components are affected when applying a preset.

Example use cases

• Update environment but keep lighting: check Studio only
• Keep camera framing: uncheck Camera
• Generate random LUTs: check Post-P only
• Regenerate lighting only: check Light

3. Afflatus - Procedural Generation System

Afflatus is the curated randomisation system within Atlux Studio.

The name derives from Latin, meaning “an impulse of creative power or inspiration.”

This system generates new visual variations while maintaining aesthetic cohesion.

Generate Inspiration

• Generate Full Studio - Generates a fully randomised studio: lighting, materials, colour palette, post-processing, and props (if enabled).
• Generate Lights - Randomises lighting configuration only.

Regenerate Appearance

Parameters - Probability & Variation

These sliders control how variation is distributed.

Suggested workflow

1. Adjust variation sliders.
2. Click Generate Full Studio.
3. If lighting is good but materials are not, regenerate Materials only.
4. Lock desired elements using Elements to Update before applying presets.

4. Custom Presets

Save and reuse custom studio configurations.

Apply Preset

Select a previously saved preset from the dropdown and click Apply.

Save Current Studio as Preset

1. Enter a preset name.
2. Choose where to store it:
   • Local - saved to the current project.
   • Unchecked - saved globally (shared across projects, depending on your installation).
3. Click Save.

Import Preset

Import an external preset file into the current project using Import and Load.

1. Light Assets

The Light Assets section provides quick access to the lighting actors you can add to the current studio. Drag and drop the icon into the level to spawn the corresponding light asset.

Studio

Core studio lighting assets for building common photo/film setups:

Extra

Utility assets for general lighting, control, and aiming:

2. Lighting Presets

The Lighting Presets section lets you instantly reconfigure the lighting in the current studio using curated lighting setups.

Preset Grid

Each preset updates the lights in the current studio. Custom Lighting Presets can be saved and loaded in the Studio tab under Custom Presets.

3. Procedural Gobos / Diffuser Overlays

The Procedural Gobos / Diffuser Overlays section applies procedural patterns to supported lights to shape and texture illumination.

Available overlays

Select an overlay to apply it to supported lights:

4. Procedural Light Functions

The Procedural Light Functions section applies animated or textured light-function materials to supported lights.

5. Batch Light Multiplier

The Batch Light Multiplier section lets you scale multiple light parameters at once, either for the selected lights or for all lights in the scene.

Multiplier Factors

Actions

• Multiply Selected - Applies the multipliers to currently selected lights.
• Multiply All - Applies the multipliers to all lights in the scene.

1. Prop Presets

The Prop Presets section provides curated prop combinations that can be spawned instantly into the scene. These presets automatically create multiple coordinated elements to achieve a specific look or context.

2. Models

The Models section contains individual geometry assets that can be spawned into the studio. These are commonly used for scene construction, product presentation, and reference.

Rooms

Prebuilt interior shells for contextual product placement or environmental rendering.

Backdrops

Curved, flat, patterned, or textured background surfaces used to define the visual space behind your subject. Includes clean studio backdrops, striped variations, patterned surfaces, and graphic backgrounds.

Podiums

Display platforms in various shapes and styles (cylindrical, layered, sculptural, draped, etc.) used to elevate and frame products.

Placeholders

Simple stand-in meshes (e.g. basic objects, human scale figure, abstract shapes) used for composition planning and lighting tests.

Reference

Technical reference assets such as calibration spheres and colour charts for physically-based shading and lighting validation.

3. Materials

The Materials section contains curated shader presets that can be applied to selected props or models.

Base

Neutral foundational materials such as matte, glossy, translucent, and coated surfaces. Ideal for clean product visualisation.

Metal

Physically-based metallic materials including polished, brushed, and tinted metals, along with a car paint shader. Designed for realistic reflections and specular highlights.

Cloth

Soft surface materials with fabric-like shading and subsurface characteristics.

Experimental

Stylised or procedural materials including complex shading networks and non-standard looks.

Function

Utility materials for technical purposes such as UV visualisation or diagnostic shading.

UV Checker Map Maker

Generates a UV checker texture to assist with UV validation and distortion detection.

4. Curated Colour Palette

The Curated Colour Palette provides a selection of harmonised colours designed to work well together in studio lighting conditions.

• Click a colour to copy its HEX value to the clipboard.
• The selected colour is automatically applied to selected Atlux Props and Materials.
• Colours can be pasted into the Unreal Engine colour picker HEX sRGB field.

5. Decals

The Decals section contains projection-based surface details that can be applied to enhance realism or add storytelling elements.

Prints

Footprints, marks, surface wear patterns, and graphic overlays.

Dirt and Smudges

Subtle surface imperfections to break up clean renders and introduce realism.

6. Effects

The Effects section provides dynamic and particle-based visual enhancements.

Particles

Atmospheric particle systems such as floating dust, sparks, stylised bursts, and ambient particles.

Light Trails

Animated light streaks and stylised motion trails used for dynamic compositions. Their path can be modified by editing their spline component.

7. Fog

The Fog section contains volumetric fog assets and global fog controls for atmospheric depth and light interaction.

Fog Volumes

Spawn different fog presets such as subtle haze, directional fog, layered fog, aurora-style effects, and dense volumetric atmospheres.

Parameters

1. Action Assets

The Action Assets section allows you to spawn motion systems that can be applied to Actors, Cameras, Lights, or Atlux Samples.

Action Platform and Rig Rail

2. Action Presets

The Action Presets section provides ready-made motion behaviours. These presets spawn an Action Platform applied to either an Atlux Sample or a Camera to showcase different types of motion.

3. Action Platform Presets

The Action Platform Presets section lets you apply procedural motion to any selected Actor.

Available Motion Types

Platform Settings

Simulation

• Start Simulating Viewport enables simulation timing inside the editor.
• Action Platform animation is driven by Play/Simulation timing, not Sequencer.

4. Rig Rail Presets

The Rig Rail Presets section provides spline-based motion paths for Cameras, Lights, Targets, or any Actor.

Available Rail Types

Rail Settings

1. Lens Effects

The Lens Effects section applies camera-style lens artefacts and finishing controls. These settings are intended to be lightweight, art-directable, and easy to toggle per look.

Look Presets

Use the preset buttons to quickly switch lens effect profiles: None disables lens effects, while Cinematic enables a film-style baseline.

Lens Parameters

2. Post-Process Material

Post-Process Materials apply stylised or technical screen-space effects to the rendered scene. These presets are automatically applied to the Post Process Volume in the level.

Preset Grid

Custom Post-P Material

Use Custom Post-P Material to select a user-provided post-process material asset. This enables custom looks beyond the built-in preset library.

3. LUTs

The LUTs section applies colour grading lookup tables to the scene. Use LUTs to quickly shift mood, contrast, and palette without changing lighting or materials.

Preset Grid

Custom LUT Asset

With Atlux you can import .cube files (LUTs) into the Unreal Content Browser and load them here.

4. Material Override

Material Override temporarily replaces materials in the scene during Rendering or Play/Simulation to generate technical passes or lookdev views.

Override Selection

Choose an override material from the dropdown to enable it. This does not permanently change materials in the level.

Preset Overrides

1. Camera Assets

The Camera Assets section spawns the core capture tools: Cameras, Targets, and scanning volumes used for visualisation, Gaussian Splatting, photogrammetry, and point cloud generation.

Cameras and Target

Gaussian Splatting and Point Cloud

2. Camera Presets

The Camera Presets section provides quick framing presets that modify the location of the camera in the studio.

3. Gaussian Splatting and Photogrammetry

This section automates capture for external reconstruction workflows by generating: images plus COLMAP data for Gaussian Splatting and photogrammetry pipelines.

Scan Presets

Set Scan Render Settings

Applies required render settings for 3D scanning capture, including naming conventions, disabling Motion Blur, selecting file formats, and configuring the Denoiser.

4. Point Cloud

The Point Cloud section spawns and manages point cloud generation directly inside Unreal Engine. It creates a point cloud representation of the scene or a selected object region.

Point Cloud Presets

Export

• Export Point Cloud as .ply - Exports the generated point cloud to a standard PLY file.
• Export Point Cloud as Colmap - Exports point cloud data in a COLMAP-friendly format.

1. Sequence Settings

The Sequence Settings section controls how sequences are generated and rendered when using the Shoot button, and when creating new custom Level Sequences.

Shoot Mode

Choose whether the Shoot button renders a single frame or a full sequence.

Sequence

Warm-Up Count

Warm-up frames are used to stabilise temporal effects before the first rendered frame. This can improve motion blur consistency and allow particle systems to initialise.

Match from Action Platform

Automatically matches the sequence duration to looping Action Platforms (e.g. Turntable, Floating), calculates the required frame count, and applies the right amount of warm-up frames for seamless looping.

2. Custom Sequence

The Custom Sequence section lets you select or create a Level Sequence and configure it for Atlux rendering. When a Custom Sequence is set, it overrides the automated sequence used by the Shoot button.

Select Custom Sequence

Choose an existing Level Sequence from the dropdown. Use the refresh/open icons to reload or access it quickly.

New Level Sequence

1. Enter a New Sequence Name.
2. Click Create Level Sequence.

Creating a new sequence generates a new sequence asset using the Sequence Settings from above. It also adds the selected camera and motion components in the scene (when applicable).

Custom Sequence Setup

3. Render Queue

The Render Queue section lets you render multiple Level Sequences one after another. When the queue is empty, the Shoot button renders the automated sequence (or the selected Custom Sequence).

Queue

Add Level Sequences to the queue to render them sequentially.

• Add to Queue from Content Browser adds selected Level Sequences into the queue.
• The queue renders each sequence in order when using Shoot.

4. Batch

The Batch section automates multi-render workflows by rendering the same scene multiple times with different variations (presets, materials, post, or render settings).

Batch Mode

Select the type of variation you want to batch render:

1. Render Settings Presets

The Render Settings Presets section provides one-click presets that configure the render settings used by the Shoot button. Presets can be saved and imported for consistent pipelines across projects.

Preset Management

• Reset - Restores the preset controls and settings to their defaults.
• Save - Saves the current configuration as a preset for reuse.
• Import - Imports a previously saved preset.

Quality

Sets the overall render quality preset used during rendering, affecting the render samples.

• Medium - Faster previews and iteration.
• High - High quality with reasonable render time.
• Ultra - Maximum quality for final images.
• Apex - Highest-quality cinematic setting (slowest).

Resolution

Selects the output resolution preset.

• 720p - Quick previews.
• 1080p - Standard HD output.
• 4K - High-resolution final output.
• Reel - Reel-friendly format (typically used for vertical or social formats).

Renderer

Selects the rendering pipeline.

• Lumen - Real-time global illumination workflow.
• Path Tracer - Offline physically-based rendering for maximum realism.

File Format

Selects the output file format.

• .png - Lossless image output (good default).
• .jpg - Compressed image output (smaller files).
• .exr - High-dynamic-range output for compositing.
• .mov - Video output (e.g. Apple ProRes, when enabled).

Other Options

2. Render Settings

The Render Settings section shows and edits the active render configuration that will be used by the Shoot button. It mirrors the preset controls, but exposes the underlying settings directly.

Renderer

• Lumen - Enable Lumen render settings.
• Path Tracing - Enable Path Tracer render settings.

Quality

Select a quality level, or enable custom quality controls (when available).

Quality Options

• Custom Quality - Enables advanced/manual controls for quality tuning.
• Denoiser - Enables denoising for the chosen renderer.
• Motion Blur - Enables motion blur (primarily for sequences).

3. File Output

The File Output section controls output resolution, output location, naming, and saved metadata.

Resolution

Select a resolution preset or specify a custom resolution.

Output Path

Sets the directory where renders are saved. The plugin can automatically open the output folder when rendering finishes (depending on your system options).

Header Title

Optional title or label that can be embedded or displayed in outputs (pipeline-dependent).

Naming

Controls the naming convention for renders. This is especially important for dataset generation and scanning workflows.

System Options

File Format

Select one or more output formats (depending on your configuration).

• .png - Lossless image output.
• .jpg - Compressed image output.
• .exr - HDR image output for compositing and AOVs.
• .mov (Apple ProRes) - Video output when enabled.

4. Render Passes and AOVs

The Render Passes and AOVs section controls additional outputs such as layers and rendering passes, used for compositing and technical pipelines.

Transparent Background

Outputs alpha transparency in supported formats and configurations.

Layers

Enables layer-based rendering outputs. Available layers include: Background Layer, Prop Layer, Model Layer, and Alpha Shadow Catcher (when enabled).

Cryptomatte

Enables Cryptomatte output (ID mattes for compositing). Typically requires .exr.

AOVs

Outputs additional render passes such as Base Color, Lighting, Detail Lighting, Metallic, Specular, Roughness, Z-Depth, World Normal, and Ambient Occlusion.

Custom AOV

Select a custom AOV from a dropdown (including Post-Process Materials, when supported) to generate an additional output pass.

5. Custom Settings

The Custom Settings section provides hooks for pipeline integration and advanced configuration.

Footer Controls

The footer contains quick-access viewport and render controls for previewing and capturing your scene. These buttons affect either the viewport display mode or trigger rendering via Atlux.

1. What is Atlux Live?

Atlux Live is the runtime version of Atlux. It allows you to visualise your scenes interactively outside of the editor and package them as a standalone desktop application.

2. Play in Editor

This section allows you to preview Atlux Live directly inside Unreal Editor before packaging.

3. App Packaging

The App Packaging section allows you to package the current level as a desktop application using Atlux Live.

Output Path

Select the directory where the packaged application will be generated. Use the browse button (...) to choose a location.

Package Current Level

Packages the currently open level into a desktop application configured to run with Atlux Live.

Camera Management

This row controls camera creation. It allows you to build and manage interactive camera states inside Atlux Live.

Cameras

Displays the different cameras saved. Click on them to teleport.

Save Current Camera

Stores the current camera transform and settings into the camera list.

Remove Camera

Deletes the currently selected saved camera.

Orbit Controls

This row controls the basic orbit behaviour and navigation system.

Orbit Radius

Distance from the orbit centre.

Orbit Centre

XYZ position of the pivot point.

Orbit Rotation

Rotation offset of the orbit.

Handheld Motion

Adds procedural camera shake.

DSLR Controls

Controls physical camera parameters and optical behaviour.

Exposure Controls

• ISO – Sensor sensitivity to light.
• Aperture – Controls depth of field.
• Shutter Speed – Affects exposure and motion blur.

Lens & Focus

• Focal Length – Adjusts field of view.
• Focus Offset – Manual focus adjustment.
• Focus Speed – Speed of autofocus transition.
• Bloom – Controls glow intensity on bright areas.

Studio & Light Presets

Provides quick access to predefined studio environments and lighting setups.

Studio Presets

Changes the full environment setup including backdrop, props, and lighting configuration.

Light Presets

Updates only the lighting configuration while keeping the current studio intact.

Action Controls

Adds procedural animation to the model or camera.

Turntable

• Turntable Period – Duration of one full rotation.
• Enable Turntable – Toggles rotation animation.

Floating Motion

• Floating Amplitude – Vertical motion strength.
• Floating Frequency – Speed of oscillation.
• Enable Floating – Activates floating animation.

Reset

Restores motion values to their default state.

Post-Processing & LUTs

Applies visual effects and color grading to the rendered output.

Post-Process Materials

Applies stylised rendering filters such as Sharpen, Sketch, Blueprint, etc.

LUTs

Applies curated color grading profiles to adjust mood and tone.

Lens Mode

Switches between standard and cinematic lens behaviours.

Render Settings

Controls resolution, quality, sampling, and rendering behaviour.

Resolution

Choose from preset resolutions (720p, 1080p, 4K, Reel, Square) or define a custom size.

Quality

Select rendering quality (Medium, High, Ultra, Apex).

Samples

Controls the number of rendering samples for Path Tracing.

Additional Options

• Denoiser – Reduces noise in Path Tracing.
• Motion Blur – Enables motion blur during rendering.

Renderer Selection

Selects the rendering engine used in the viewer and for the final output.

Lumen

Real-time global illumination renderer optimized for interactive performance.

Path Tracer

Physically accurate offline renderer for high-quality final output.