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Release notes, engineering deep dives, and project updates from the LichtFeld Studio project.

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Projects and the LichtFeld Gallery

LichtFeld Studio 0.5.4 is around the corner. A full walkthrough of the new project manager and the LichtFeld Gallery: one file for the whole project, publishing from Studio, share links, stories, highlights and collections.

LichtFeld Studio 0.5.4 feature preview, Projects and Gallery, with the XMAS scene splat
Sessions

Session 3: 174 Commits Later, We Have a Studio

In Session 3, Kristof returns to 174 commits, discovers the new project manager and LichtFeld Gallery, and gets a look at 3DGUT in the browser, share links, exposure correction, and the road to 0.6.

Janusch and Kristof in LichtFeld Studio Session 3, with the Kiosque des Noctambules splat beside them
Sessions

Session 2: How the Grace Cathedral Splat Was Made

Session 2 is on YouTube. Vincent Woo tells the story of the Grace Cathedral splat, from a Frankenstein camera rig and a crashed drone to 10 million Gaussians in the browser, plus a first look at his next project.

Janusch and Vincent Woo in the second LichtFeld Studio Session, next to the Grace Cathedral splat
Sessions

Session 1: Faster Training, a LiDAR for the Lab, and What You Asked For

Our first Session is live on YouTube. In about 37 minutes we cover a 3x training speed-up, your survey answers, a LiDAR scanner for the lab, and the new .licht project format.

Janusch and Kristof in the first LichtFeld Studio Session
Engineering

Opening LichtFeld Studio to Python

LichtFeld Studio's Python API is built around one boundary and two protocols: nanobind exposes native application objects, and DLPack lets tensors move between LichtFeld Studio and libraries like PyTorch or CuPy without copying.

Diagram of LichtFeld Studio's Python boundary, where nanobind moves application objects across it, DLPack shares tensor buffers, and lf.Tensor and PyTorch point at the same CUDA memory
Release Notes

Release: LichtFeld Studio v0.5.3 is out!

v0.5.3 is a major LichtFeld Studio release with 316 commits merged into master, led by Vulkan rendering, RAD/LOD workflows, Asset Manager upgrades, and viewport export.

LichtFeld Studio v0.5.3 release preview showing release highlights and sponsor names