Light Stream
PC Software
Light Stream is a user-friendly and powerful software for creating lighting compositions and preview them in 2D and 3D modes. Use it with the Light Stream Player or standalone.
Scalability
Different licenses up to 1200 DMX Universes
8U
32U
96U
NLIMITED
U
4U
170 built-in effects
More options for quickly creating your own lighting scenes and compositions
Advanced timeline
Fine tune every frame. Mixing effects as in a graphics editor. Add keyframes to any effect parameter
User friendly-mapping
Drag and drop the fixtures directly to the controller port, automatic addressing will help you. Use splines for long LED arrays. Divide your project into layouts. Control the lighting of individual zones independently.
3D Preview
See how your end result will look like. Import 3D models of buildings and other objects. Transfer fixtures from 2D mapping to 3D with one click.
Export to Player
Save your time, just select the compositions you want and click the export button
This tool allows you to project effects onto a 3D model, which significantly expands the possibilities for lighting design.
If you use LedEdit software and AutoCAD you will like the function of importing DXF files and automatic fixtures placement.
Flexible workspace settings. The ability to create multiple workspaces and switch between them at any moment.
Apply effects to each other with different blending modes. Create smooth transitions between effects by adjusting the opacity and any other effect parameters using keys on the timeline or functions.
Simple and intuitive UI
3D Projection
High performance
Layouts
Effects and blending modes
Use Light Stream to transmit ArtNet data directly to the computer by connecting one or more Converter to it up to 2048 universes.
This works fast even on a large number of universes along with 3D previews
Divide and control the scene with areas and masks. Quick transfer of effects between areas. You can split your project into areas and control them independently.
More features
DXF import
ArtNet playback
Support for a soundtrack to add musical accompaniment to your projects.
Soundtrack
Download Software
- 3.0 GHz dual-core CPU,
- OpenGL 4.6 graphics card
- 8 GB RAM, Network card / Wi-Fi
- OpenGL 4.6 graphics card
- 8 GB RAM, Network card / Wi-Fi
Minimum system requirements:
Change log Light Stream
3.1.0.0
11843 - UPD Updated boot screen splash screen
11837 - FIX Fixed W channel bug in wallwasher rgbw and spotlight rgbw instruments
in the instrument library
11829 - UPD Moved all 3D view parameters in the menu from View to the View - 3D View submenu
11827 - FIX At low resolution, sometimes the sliders for effect parameters would not fit in the menu
11821 - FIX Fixed Wallwasher and Spotlight names in the instrument library
11818 - UPD Optimized and updated demo projects
11815 - NEW Added properties to songs: Name, duration, comment, repeat
and infinite playback
11813 - FIX Turned off multiselect when mapping 3D instruments to mapped instruments
11808 - NEW Added markup for easier previewing of GIF animations to .cue files.
In the menu View - 3D Preview - Show 3D GIF borders
11804 - FIX In the English program interface, in the instrument library the image
was shifted to the side
11801 - FIX In the instrument library, when adding a custom image with different proportions to an instrument, the image was shifted to the side.
with different proportions, it went out of bounds and overlapped some interface details.
11799 - NEW When creating a new instrument in the instrument library, the new instrument is now
automatically highlighted
11792 - FIX When creating elbows on a spline, the spline was only modified after the elbow was selected
11774 - UPD Some names in the interface have been translated into other languages.
Blending mode “Color Light - Lighter” was renamed to “Vivid Light”, mode “Overlay” in Russian localization was translated to “Overlap”, mode “Lighten”
mode in Russian localization was changed to “Lighten”.
11758 - FIX Transferred device from Mapping to 3D using Magic 3D button in the future
was not changed if we changed the device type of its main device in Mapping.
11756 - FIX Sometimes deleted devices from the project remained phantom in the device library.
in the “Instruments in Project” folder.
11745 - FIX The approximate size of the exported song in the export window did not change immediately.
when changing the duration of the song
11602 - UPD At any repeated call to the instrument library if this window has already been opened
previously and placed below the main window from the program, it is now forcibly
is now forcibly brought to the foreground. Two or more windows cannot now be opened
11576 - FIX In the instrument library, the number was not visible in locked fields
3.0.1.5
11572 - NEW Instruments in the instrument library can now be deleted with the Delete or Backspace key and a window will appear where you must confirm the deletion (can be done with Enter).
11571 - NEW When closing the instrument library, the state of all folders expanded or collapsed in the library is now memorized.
11567 - NEW A popup menu has been added to the instrument library when clicking on the instrument PCM.
11564 - FIX Fixed chip name USC1903 (was) - USC1903 (became).
11554 - NEW In the instrument library, when copying an instrument to custom, the instrument just copied is now automatically highlighted
11544 - UPD The input indicator in all text and numeric fields has been changed from black to light gray
11538 - FIX Sometimes canceling actions in a composition by Ctrl+Z was only visible after switching
to another song and back
11537 - FIX Fixed program crash when deleting and reinserting an effect into a song
11536 - FIX Fixed bug with duplicating added sequences, canceling Ctrl+Z and repeating Ctrl+Shift+Z of this action
11520 - UPD Updated default Player address from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.205
3.0.1.1
11514 - FIX When changing the device type of patched devices, the icon of the port fullness was not updated automatically.
port was not updated automatically
11503 - UPD The control buttons at the bottom of the instrument library window were changed.
11501 - FIX Sometimes in the effects library, when switching between sections, a Save error popped up.
Save error
11471 - FIX Export settings were reset when the project was reopened (not saved in the project when it was saved in the project when saving it)
11065 - FIX Export settings were reset when rearranging songs.
11469 - FIX The Remove button did not work in the Set challens effect
11468 - FIX When the fixtires window in the set channels effect is called again, the program crashes.
11467 - FIX When distributing fixed pixels in 3D, the reverse button of the selected device did not work.
11465 - NEW Added name to properties of single devices and splines
11464 - FIX Last frame was duplicated in all sequences
11456 - FIX The address of the last pixel of a patched instrument in a port was not counted correctly.
11440 - FIX The visible checkbox did not disable visibility for patched instruments
11439 - FIX If the devices were placed without a grid reference and you clicked on the move square on them, the devices were moved without the possibility to cancel this action.
11435 - FIX A single unit in 3D, if a single unit from mapping was bound to it,
it was not possible to change its parameters in 3D
11434 - FIX The selection of multiple devices in the list of devices in the Set chanells effect became more visible.
11433 - FIX The Set channels effect affected devices even if its length was reduced and the timeline had already finished playing it.
3.0.0.9
11431 - FIX The Set channels effect played animation with slowing down
11430 - FIX If “internal rs485 intercase” (built-in universe) was enabled in Light Stream Player
then when transferring device settings from Light Stream to Player (via Player's properties)
an error popped up and the settings were not transferred.
11423 - NEW In the View - Show splines menu a setting was added to enable the display of splines (even if they are not displayed at all).
splines are always displayed (even if they are not selected)
11421 - FIX If a spline had Fixed pixels allocation mode on mapping, it was not played in 3D
11420 - NEW Added Bind and Unbind tools that allow you to bind single instruments
into a spline and vice versa to decouple a spline into a single unit.
11418 - FIX In the instrument library of non-editable instruments (standard in the program) it was impossible to scroll through long lists with the number of channels, they did not fit in the window.
11414 - FIX Setting with beam display in instrument library and in instrument properties
in 3D was called differently
11403 - FIX When selecting instruments inside the port occupancy one by one instead of selecting them one by one, each next selection was added to the previous one.
11402 - FIX When deleting elbows from a spline, phantom elbows sometimes moved to the end of the spline
and stayed there.
11401 - FIX When deleting elbows from a spline, phantom elbows remained in the spline
11390 - UPD Changed the view of windows with settings of all functions (functions when binding to any parameter of the effect).
to any parameter of the effect)
11389 - UPD Some names in the interface have been translated into other languages
11353 - FIX When binding to the grid was disabled when adding instruments, they were still bound to the grid.
to the grid. Now when adding devices without grid binding they are not bound to the grid.
11352 - FIX If a few single pixels were placed without snapping to the grid,
then when they were selected and resized, they were forcibly snapped to the grid
(Provided the snap to grid button was disabled)
11345 - FIX When adding elbows to a spline, they were added to the wrong place (the bug was fixed partially and sometimes occurs again).
partially fixed and sometimes occurs again)
11302 - FIX Models loaded without textures
11294 - FIX When changing the instrument type of any instrument, its address in the window was not updated immediately.
Devices were not updated immediately
11291 - FIX If a spline was resized immediately after reflection (horizontally or vertically),
the reflection was automatically canceled
11286 - FIX A 2D spline was not linked to a spline in 3D if the visibility of the spline in 2D was disabled.
visibility disabled
11275 - FIX If one of the files in the sequences was damaged or replaced, then when trying to add it to the program, the sequences were automatically canceled.
it to the program, the sequences were either played as “corrupted” or the program crashed. Now incorrect, broken or not found sequences are marked in red color
11189 - FIX Sticking effects to each other on the timeline (with the Shift key held down) did not work correctly
11173 - FIX If you deleted effects and then added a new layout, this action was canceled by Ctrl+Z incorrectly.
3.0.0.7
11156 - FIX Effects had a non-linear change in transparency when decreasing it
11133 - FIX When cloning effects and clicking on the timeline, new effects were shifted to the side of the click.
11124 - FIX The button with effect settings could be clicked only on the area in the center of the button,
not the whole button (the part near the edges did not give any effect when clicking on it).
11088 - NEW Added RGBW-default device
11062 - FIX In some situations, when changing the number of pixels of a 2D device that was linked to a spline in 3D, the spline in 3D was no longer displayed.
11055 - FIX In the menu for duplicating an effect to another song (on the timeline), if there was a “_” in the name, it was not displayed in the list.
11048 - FIX In 3D, if a spotlight had visibility disabled, it was still visible.
11039 - FIX In the instrument library, if an image was added to a custom instrument,
the thumbnail icon to the left of the name in the list was not displayed.
11029 - FIX Instead of canceling an action when dragging an effect between leyouts, a new one was created.
11014 - NEW A window with a list of all hotkeys was added to the Help - Hotkeys menu.
11007 - FIX Single instrument names were displayed incorrectly
10992 - FIX If you deleted an effect, switched to another song, then back to the first one
and pressed Ctrl+Z, the deleted effect was not displayed immediately and you had to switch between songs again.
10987 - FIX If you loaded a sequence, moved it to a different layout, canceled Ctrl+Z and repeated Ctrl+Shift+Z, the sequence was added an extra time (duplicated).
10955 - FIX When deleting several faces at the same time, phantom pixels remained on a large spline after deletion.
10954 - FIX Background image could not be reselected
10909 - FIX Spotlight in 3D did not change Size
10901 - FIX It was not possible to set a transparent background picture for the background of a layout
10891 - FIX When the reload button was pressed, the resample parameter of the background image was broken.
3.0.0.3
10890 - FIX In some cases it was impossible to resize all instruments correctly
on mapping if splines + single devices were selected
10885 - FIX Some actions could cause a layer on the timeline to stick to the timeline pointer
10872 - FIX After removing all effects from a composition, its preview image continued to appear as if it still had effects in it
10870 - FIX When creating leyouts, the effects in them were displayed distorted and it was necessary to resize the leyout to make them correct
10863 - UPD Translated some elements of the program into other languages. Also some names were named more correctly.
10802 - FIX After playing a song with audio for a while, stopping, and playing it again, the first second of the song played the wrong sound.
10783 - FIX When deleting any 3D object in the 3D View window, the camera view was reset to Perspective.
10779 - FIX Fixed display of project previews in the welcome window of the program
(became square)
10775 - NEW Added increased addressing for devices in converters with two universes per port in the View - Show device multicast addresses menu.
10774 - NEW Added parameter for uniform pixel distribution on complex splines
with several segments
10773 - FIX When changing the workspace to the standard one, a small Effects window appeared in the upper left corner.
in the upper left corner
10631 - NEW In the drop-down menu in the Effects window, when clicking on any effect, an “Add” item was added (to the timeline)
10517 - NEW A parameter with sliders affecting the mapping of RGBW channels to physical devices was added to the composition properties of the selected composition.
9839 - NEW If you click PCM on a composition, an item with setting the duration of this composition was added to the drop-down menu. The name of the song to be customized has been added to the song duration window.
9760 - FIX Selection in the 2D instruments to 3D instruments linking window was poorly visible in the selection window
9354 - FIX Instruments were highlighted if their display was disabled by the general “Instruments” button
9114 - FIX Converter renaming parameter did not work when configuring converters,
through the ArtNet device search window
11843 - UPD Updated boot screen splash screen
11837 - FIX Fixed W channel bug in wallwasher rgbw and spotlight rgbw instruments
in the instrument library
11829 - UPD Moved all 3D view parameters in the menu from View to the View - 3D View submenu
11827 - FIX At low resolution, sometimes the sliders for effect parameters would not fit in the menu
11821 - FIX Fixed Wallwasher and Spotlight names in the instrument library
11818 - UPD Optimized and updated demo projects
11815 - NEW Added properties to songs: Name, duration, comment, repeat
and infinite playback
11813 - FIX Turned off multiselect when mapping 3D instruments to mapped instruments
11808 - NEW Added markup for easier previewing of GIF animations to .cue files.
In the menu View - 3D Preview - Show 3D GIF borders
11804 - FIX In the English program interface, in the instrument library the image
was shifted to the side
11801 - FIX In the instrument library, when adding a custom image with different proportions to an instrument, the image was shifted to the side.
with different proportions, it went out of bounds and overlapped some interface details.
11799 - NEW When creating a new instrument in the instrument library, the new instrument is now
automatically highlighted
11792 - FIX When creating elbows on a spline, the spline was only modified after the elbow was selected
11774 - UPD Some names in the interface have been translated into other languages.
Blending mode “Color Light - Lighter” was renamed to “Vivid Light”, mode “Overlay” in Russian localization was translated to “Overlap”, mode “Lighten”
mode in Russian localization was changed to “Lighten”.
11758 - FIX Transferred device from Mapping to 3D using Magic 3D button in the future
was not changed if we changed the device type of its main device in Mapping.
11756 - FIX Sometimes deleted devices from the project remained phantom in the device library.
in the “Instruments in Project” folder.
11745 - FIX The approximate size of the exported song in the export window did not change immediately.
when changing the duration of the song
11602 - UPD At any repeated call to the instrument library if this window has already been opened
previously and placed below the main window from the program, it is now forcibly
is now forcibly brought to the foreground. Two or more windows cannot now be opened
11576 - FIX In the instrument library, the number was not visible in locked fields
3.0.1.5
11572 - NEW Instruments in the instrument library can now be deleted with the Delete or Backspace key and a window will appear where you must confirm the deletion (can be done with Enter).
11571 - NEW When closing the instrument library, the state of all folders expanded or collapsed in the library is now memorized.
11567 - NEW A popup menu has been added to the instrument library when clicking on the instrument PCM.
11564 - FIX Fixed chip name USC1903 (was) - USC1903 (became).
11554 - NEW In the instrument library, when copying an instrument to custom, the instrument just copied is now automatically highlighted
11544 - UPD The input indicator in all text and numeric fields has been changed from black to light gray
11538 - FIX Sometimes canceling actions in a composition by Ctrl+Z was only visible after switching
to another song and back
11537 - FIX Fixed program crash when deleting and reinserting an effect into a song
11536 - FIX Fixed bug with duplicating added sequences, canceling Ctrl+Z and repeating Ctrl+Shift+Z of this action
11520 - UPD Updated default Player address from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.205
3.0.1.1
11514 - FIX When changing the device type of patched devices, the icon of the port fullness was not updated automatically.
port was not updated automatically
11503 - UPD The control buttons at the bottom of the instrument library window were changed.
11501 - FIX Sometimes in the effects library, when switching between sections, a Save error popped up.
Save error
11471 - FIX Export settings were reset when the project was reopened (not saved in the project when it was saved in the project when saving it)
11065 - FIX Export settings were reset when rearranging songs.
11469 - FIX The Remove button did not work in the Set challens effect
11468 - FIX When the fixtires window in the set channels effect is called again, the program crashes.
11467 - FIX When distributing fixed pixels in 3D, the reverse button of the selected device did not work.
11465 - NEW Added name to properties of single devices and splines
11464 - FIX Last frame was duplicated in all sequences
11456 - FIX The address of the last pixel of a patched instrument in a port was not counted correctly.
11440 - FIX The visible checkbox did not disable visibility for patched instruments
11439 - FIX If the devices were placed without a grid reference and you clicked on the move square on them, the devices were moved without the possibility to cancel this action.
11435 - FIX A single unit in 3D, if a single unit from mapping was bound to it,
it was not possible to change its parameters in 3D
11434 - FIX The selection of multiple devices in the list of devices in the Set chanells effect became more visible.
11433 - FIX The Set channels effect affected devices even if its length was reduced and the timeline had already finished playing it.
3.0.0.9
11431 - FIX The Set channels effect played animation with slowing down
11430 - FIX If “internal rs485 intercase” (built-in universe) was enabled in Light Stream Player
then when transferring device settings from Light Stream to Player (via Player's properties)
an error popped up and the settings were not transferred.
11423 - NEW In the View - Show splines menu a setting was added to enable the display of splines (even if they are not displayed at all).
splines are always displayed (even if they are not selected)
11421 - FIX If a spline had Fixed pixels allocation mode on mapping, it was not played in 3D
11420 - NEW Added Bind and Unbind tools that allow you to bind single instruments
into a spline and vice versa to decouple a spline into a single unit.
11418 - FIX In the instrument library of non-editable instruments (standard in the program) it was impossible to scroll through long lists with the number of channels, they did not fit in the window.
11414 - FIX Setting with beam display in instrument library and in instrument properties
in 3D was called differently
11403 - FIX When selecting instruments inside the port occupancy one by one instead of selecting them one by one, each next selection was added to the previous one.
11402 - FIX When deleting elbows from a spline, phantom elbows sometimes moved to the end of the spline
and stayed there.
11401 - FIX When deleting elbows from a spline, phantom elbows remained in the spline
11390 - UPD Changed the view of windows with settings of all functions (functions when binding to any parameter of the effect).
to any parameter of the effect)
11389 - UPD Some names in the interface have been translated into other languages
11353 - FIX When binding to the grid was disabled when adding instruments, they were still bound to the grid.
to the grid. Now when adding devices without grid binding they are not bound to the grid.
11352 - FIX If a few single pixels were placed without snapping to the grid,
then when they were selected and resized, they were forcibly snapped to the grid
(Provided the snap to grid button was disabled)
11345 - FIX When adding elbows to a spline, they were added to the wrong place (the bug was fixed partially and sometimes occurs again).
partially fixed and sometimes occurs again)
11302 - FIX Models loaded without textures
11294 - FIX When changing the instrument type of any instrument, its address in the window was not updated immediately.
Devices were not updated immediately
11291 - FIX If a spline was resized immediately after reflection (horizontally or vertically),
the reflection was automatically canceled
11286 - FIX A 2D spline was not linked to a spline in 3D if the visibility of the spline in 2D was disabled.
visibility disabled
11275 - FIX If one of the files in the sequences was damaged or replaced, then when trying to add it to the program, the sequences were automatically canceled.
it to the program, the sequences were either played as “corrupted” or the program crashed. Now incorrect, broken or not found sequences are marked in red color
11189 - FIX Sticking effects to each other on the timeline (with the Shift key held down) did not work correctly
11173 - FIX If you deleted effects and then added a new layout, this action was canceled by Ctrl+Z incorrectly.
3.0.0.7
11156 - FIX Effects had a non-linear change in transparency when decreasing it
11133 - FIX When cloning effects and clicking on the timeline, new effects were shifted to the side of the click.
11124 - FIX The button with effect settings could be clicked only on the area in the center of the button,
not the whole button (the part near the edges did not give any effect when clicking on it).
11088 - NEW Added RGBW-default device
11062 - FIX In some situations, when changing the number of pixels of a 2D device that was linked to a spline in 3D, the spline in 3D was no longer displayed.
11055 - FIX In the menu for duplicating an effect to another song (on the timeline), if there was a “_” in the name, it was not displayed in the list.
11048 - FIX In 3D, if a spotlight had visibility disabled, it was still visible.
11039 - FIX In the instrument library, if an image was added to a custom instrument,
the thumbnail icon to the left of the name in the list was not displayed.
11029 - FIX Instead of canceling an action when dragging an effect between leyouts, a new one was created.
11014 - NEW A window with a list of all hotkeys was added to the Help - Hotkeys menu.
11007 - FIX Single instrument names were displayed incorrectly
10992 - FIX If you deleted an effect, switched to another song, then back to the first one
and pressed Ctrl+Z, the deleted effect was not displayed immediately and you had to switch between songs again.
10987 - FIX If you loaded a sequence, moved it to a different layout, canceled Ctrl+Z and repeated Ctrl+Shift+Z, the sequence was added an extra time (duplicated).
10955 - FIX When deleting several faces at the same time, phantom pixels remained on a large spline after deletion.
10954 - FIX Background image could not be reselected
10909 - FIX Spotlight in 3D did not change Size
10901 - FIX It was not possible to set a transparent background picture for the background of a layout
10891 - FIX When the reload button was pressed, the resample parameter of the background image was broken.
3.0.0.3
10890 - FIX In some cases it was impossible to resize all instruments correctly
on mapping if splines + single devices were selected
10885 - FIX Some actions could cause a layer on the timeline to stick to the timeline pointer
10872 - FIX After removing all effects from a composition, its preview image continued to appear as if it still had effects in it
10870 - FIX When creating leyouts, the effects in them were displayed distorted and it was necessary to resize the leyout to make them correct
10863 - UPD Translated some elements of the program into other languages. Also some names were named more correctly.
10802 - FIX After playing a song with audio for a while, stopping, and playing it again, the first second of the song played the wrong sound.
10783 - FIX When deleting any 3D object in the 3D View window, the camera view was reset to Perspective.
10779 - FIX Fixed display of project previews in the welcome window of the program
(became square)
10775 - NEW Added increased addressing for devices in converters with two universes per port in the View - Show device multicast addresses menu.
10774 - NEW Added parameter for uniform pixel distribution on complex splines
with several segments
10773 - FIX When changing the workspace to the standard one, a small Effects window appeared in the upper left corner.
in the upper left corner
10631 - NEW In the drop-down menu in the Effects window, when clicking on any effect, an “Add” item was added (to the timeline)
10517 - NEW A parameter with sliders affecting the mapping of RGBW channels to physical devices was added to the composition properties of the selected composition.
9839 - NEW If you click PCM on a composition, an item with setting the duration of this composition was added to the drop-down menu. The name of the song to be customized has been added to the song duration window.
9760 - FIX Selection in the 2D instruments to 3D instruments linking window was poorly visible in the selection window
9354 - FIX Instruments were highlighted if their display was disabled by the general “Instruments” button
9114 - FIX Converter renaming parameter did not work when configuring converters,
through the ArtNet device search window