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title: "Using AI to Relight the Photo You Already Have"
description: "Relight Studio, Luma's AI photo relighting app, lets you try a new lighting direction on a shot that already works without a reshoot."
canonical: "https://lumalabs.ai/use-case/relight-studio-ai-image-relighting"
source: "https://lumalabs.ai/use-case/relight-studio-ai-image-relighting.md"
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# Using AI to Relight the Photo You Already Have

Relight Studio, Luma's AI photo relighting app, lets you try a new lighting direction on a shot that already works without a reshoot.

[Relight Studio solution](https://lumalabs.ai/solutions/relight-studio-v2)

[Luma Relight Studio solution](https://static.cdn-luma.com/files/sanity/e31cb420-7b67-492b-9712-74d62edff485.mp4)

Text-only relighting is very hard to direct. Average AI models may move the light, but also change the subject and repaint the background in one pass.     
  
Luma works the other way around: you place the light where you want it, and the shot stays the shot. You keep the shot, move the lights, and see new takes before you commit to a direction that [transforms your images](https://lumalabs.ai/create/how-ai-image-generators-are-transforming-digital-creativity). 

- **Up to four lights.** Place each one on the rig and move it independently.
- **Real lighting controls.** Set the type, color, brightness, beam width and shadow softness of each light.
- **Two takes per run.** See both next to the source, then judge and refine.

_How to_

## How to use Relight Studio

Relight Studio work fits best to accomplish [image generation](https://lumalabs.ai/create) tasks:

- **You need lighting options for review.** Show a client or a team several lighting directions on the approved shot before anyone commits.
- **You want to change the mood for an existing image.** Take a photo from neutral to dramatic, or from day to evening, without a new shoot.
- **You want new lighting comparisons.** Put two setups next to each other on the same image and pick the one that works.

[Try Luma Relight Studio](https://lumalabs.ai/solutions/relight-studio-v2)

### 1. Upload and rig photo

Upload a photo and add lights to the rig. Drag them into place around the subject. Adjust each light until the setup matches what you have in mind, then generate.

### 2. Compare

Relight Studio returns two takes next to your source image so you can compare them side by side. Move one light, run it again, and keep the take that reads right.

### 3. Test and evaluate

Because you direct the light visually, it is easy to test the setups a photographer would try on set. A soft frontal light and a hard side light on the same portrait. A warm practical in the background against a cool fill. A narrow spotlight that pulls the eye to the product.

## Start with the shot you have

Open [Relight Studio](https://lumalabs.ai/solutions/relight-studio-v2) in Luma. Upload the photo, place your lights, set each one, and generate. Compare the two takes with the source and refine from there. Try as many setups as the shot needs.

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[Try Relight Studio Now](https://lumalabs.ai/solutions/relight-studio-v2)

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_FAQs_

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How many lights can I add to my rig?

Up to four, and each one moves independently.

### What can I change about the light on my image?

Its type, color, brightness, beam width and shadow softness.

### How many results do I get?

Each run returns two takes, shown next to your source image.