SwitchLight

SwitchLight is a tool to improve portrait photos by letting you copy lighting conditions from one photo and apply them to another. It employs AI technology to analyze and composite images, matching lighting and backgrounds. You can also extract detailed maps, including normal, albedo and roughness maps, that can be used in 3D software that supports physically based rendering.

SwitchLight has a number of options to improve images:

• Copy Light: Replicate the lighting of any portrait image to create new imagery.
• HDRI Relight: Use high-dynamic-range images (HDRIs) to relight scenes with more realistic surrounding lighting conditions.
• PBR Material Acquisition: Extract detailed maps like normal, albedo and roughness maps that can be used in 3D software.

The tool accepts common image formats like PNG, JPG/JPEG and WEBP for input and produces images in PNG format. For best results, you should use images with a resolution of 2048x2048 pixels or less, particularly if they're portrait orientation.

SwitchLight has a free plan and a Pro plan costing $12.99 per month. The Pro plan offers unlimited relighting, lighting presets, batch processing and higher output resolution options. You can also customize lighting settings and remove watermarks with the Pro plan. Subscribers can upload their own HDRI or portrait images to create custom templates.

The tool is useful for anyone who wants to quickly improve portrait photos with realistic lighting, including photographers, graphic designers and 3D modelers. By taking advantage of AI technology, SwitchLight makes it easy to create images that look good even if you don't have a lot of editing skill. You can try out SwitchLight's features and support through its website.

Published on June 14, 2024