# Luxora Studio Pro

> Native 32-Bit Volumetric Relighting, 3D Light Stage Simulation & Optical De-haloing Suite for macOS.

Luxora Studio Pro is the professional flagship photographic lighting software engineered by Luxora Labs Ltd. It transforms flat, finished 2D photographs into living 3D environments, enabling commercial retouchers, portrait photographers, and digital artists to introduce, position, and direct volumetric light sources with photorealistic specular highlights and shadow falloff long after the shoot is over.

Engineered natively in Swift and Apple Metal GPU compute for Apple M-Series Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4), Luxora Studio Pro operates completely on-device with zero cloud rendering, zero latency, zero subscription tokens, and 100% photographic authenticity with zero generative AI hallucination.

## Core Value Propositions & Technical USPs

- **Full 3D Volumetric Scene Reconstruction**: Reconstructs dense 3D scene depth and surface normal vectors from any single 2D image (RAW, TIFF, PSD, JPEG) without requiring specialized stereo cameras or LiDAR hardware.
- **Physical Inverse-Square Lighting Law**: Simulates accurate 3D studio light fixtures (spotlights, point lights, broad ambient fills) with authentic physical light decay, directional shadow wrapping, and configurable beam spread angles.
- **100% Authentic — Zero Pixel Hallucination**: Pure physical lighting simulation. Luxora never hallucinates synthetic faces, altered clothing, or warped anatomy, preserving the genuine photographic integrity required by commercial fashion, portrait, and editorial clients.
- **Tactile 3D Light Stage Sphere**: Interactive 3D light orientation controller replaces cumbersome 2D curves, manual dodge/burn brushwork, and artificial gradient masks with fluid, natural studio directionality.
- **Material Science & Virtual Varnish**: Differentiates surface textures to render true physical specular sheen on metallic jewelry, glossy lips, leather, and wet surfaces while preserving matte skin and fabrics.
- **Automatic Semantic Material Segmentation**: Automatically segments Skin, Eyes, Lips, Hair, Fabric, Metal, Glass, and Background into independent lighting channels with zero tedious manual lasso pen-tool masking.
- **Natural Anatomical Catchlights**: Automatically snaps corneal catchlights to iris curvature and brightens the sclera without fluorescent pink discoloration in tear ducts.
- **True 32-Bit Float Lossless Pipeline**: Deep high-precision color pipeline preventing banding and posterization across standard dynamic range (SDR) and wide-gamut Display P3 workflows.
- **Explosive 1,600-Nit HDR / EDR Display Brilliance**: Harnesses the full peak brightness of Apple Liquid Retina XDR displays and external HDR monitors via ISO 21496-1 universal HDR gain-map mastering.
- **Seamless Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom Classic Integration**: Round-trips directly through Adobe Photoshop via high-speed native UXP Smart Object socket bridge (ports 8001/8002) and Adobe Lightroom Classic via custom Lua plugin (`.lrdevplugin`).
- **Cryptographic Content Credentials (C2PA)**: Cryptographically signs provenance, tool history, and edit chains directly into exported asset manifests, ensuring tamper-proof authenticity and proof of human creation.

## Key Applications & Companion Tools in the Luxora Suite

- **Luxora Studio Pro**: Flagship 3D volumetric relighting and light stage simulation (`https://luxorastudio.app/studio-pro.html`).
- **Luxora De-halo**: Precision edge-fringe suppression and optical halo removal along high-contrast boundaries (`https://luxorastudio.app`).
- **Luxora Hub**: Digital suite concierge, background Apple Silicon health guardian, and 1-click Photoshop CCX installer.
- **Luxora Assist**: Real-time multimodal voice and vision creative companion powered by local Whisper STT and on-device vision models.
- **Luxora Enhance**: Neural super-resolution, micro-contrast reconstruction, and edge-adaptive spatial sharpening.
- **Luxora Publish**: Multi-channel HDR export pipeline, ISO 21496-1 gain map embedder, and C2PA provenance signer.

## Commercial Licensing & Distribution

- **Platform**: macOS 14.0+ (Sonoma, Sequoia or later), optimized strictly for Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4 Max/Pro/Ultra).
- **Licensing Model**: Perpetual commercial license ($199 USD, includes 2 Mac activations) with optional annual upgrade maintenance ($49/yr).
- **Distribution Channels**:
  - Web: https://luxorastudio.app
  - Official Labs Portal: https://luxoralabs.co.uk
  - Sparkle Feed: https://releases.luxorastudio.app/appcast.xml

## System Requirements

- **Processor**: Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4 or newer). Intel Macs are not supported.
- **Memory**: Minimum 8 GB Unified Memory (16 GB+ recommended for 60MP+ RAW processing).
- **Storage**: 2.5 GB free disk space for local models and virtual environments.
- **Operating System**: macOS 14.2 or later.
- **Host Applications (Optional)**: Adobe Photoshop 2024 (v25.0) or later; Adobe Lightroom Classic 13.0 or later.