3ds Max: Templates for IES Lights

A 3D artist at Cloo Studio provided a 3ds Max plug-in that supplies templates for various IES lights.
3D modeling software interface with lighting options

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Thuyết Nguyễn, a 3D artist at Cloo Studio, is making a plug-in available for interested parties to download free of charge, for quickly creating IES light sources. 3ds Max versions 2010 and later as well as VRay are required. According to Nguyễn, using the small script should result in considerable time savings when adding IES lights to scenes. A template manager is available to users for this purpose, along with helpful functions.

A quick run-through shows how it works:

Anyone wishing to download the plug-in may use this redirect to the download portal. For smooth operation, Nguyễn recommends copying all files into the 3ds Max script folder after extraction.