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Make The World Your Studio: Select from 25,000
royalty-free MatchLight Smart Images


Select from MatchLight’s collection of nearly 25,000 location backgrounds. Every location background image in the MatchLight image library contains a MatchLight LightTarget™ and is always royalty-free (buy once, use many— see our License for details).

All our images have been digitally photographed and analyzed to give you all the information you need to make a realistic foreground image. Things like:

      Light direction, Light quality, Camera angle
, ...and more

Each image comes with our exclusive LightMap Photographer's Dashboard

LightMap shows you the: light quality, direction and angle from horizontal as well as camera angle and proposed background colors for your foreground shot.

Two ways to purchase images:
1) Single Images can be downloaded from our website: gomatchlight.com.
2)

CD Collections 11 Themed titles from which to choose—an economical way to get started with MatchLight


What’s so “smart” about Smart Images™?
MatchLight location backgrounds are the only images you’ll find that have light and perspective information included with every image. When you view images on gomatchlight.com, click on the magnifying glass icon and a world of information opens up to you. In addition to keywords, subject matter and photo credit, every Smart Image includes Light Direction, Light Elevation, Light Angle, Light Diffusion, Camera Elevation, and LightTarget Perspective. MatchLight images aren’t just good looking, they’re smart images, too!

Want to create your own Smart Images?

Purchase MatchLight Software Pro Edition or (Pro Upgrade) and you will also receive a set of three (3) MatchLight LightTargets so you can shoot your own custom location backgrounds.

Technical Specifications:

License:

Royalty Free (Buy once, use many!)

Format:

TIF (uncompressed)

Color Space:

RGB

Resolution:

2032 x 3056, Bit Depth: 8bit


All MatchLight Images were captured on location using a SinarBron 6x7 format camera with a PhaseOne single capture back

Single Images Are available in three (3) file sizes:
FileSize Price Optimal Use
1MB $20 Web use, in-house comps
10MB $49 Up to 8”x10” reproduction, 300dpi
17.7MB $99 Up to 16 x 20 reproduction. 300dpi

Usage of Matchlight Images is governed by the
Licensing Agreement Terms & Conditions

U.S. and International Patents Pend.

 
SmartImages™
Software
       MatchLightV3™
      QuickComp™
LightTargets™
Image cd's


Who uses MatchLight?
Photographers:
How to Shoot with MatchLight

On the Set: "How to Shoot and Create Realistic Composites
is our online tutorial which provides an illustrated overview of how to integrate MatchLight into your next shoot.
Designers and Digital Artists: How Do I Design Using MatchLight?
Our Reviewer's Guide (pdf 2.4 MB) contains a real world case study that shows how you can design your layout starting with backgrounds and effectively collaborate with your photo studio to get incredible creative results.

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