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How on earth do you make an HDRI do this?

Blind OwlBlind Owl Posts: 501
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

The attachment is a promo pic from Mec4D's https://www.daz3d.com/mec4d-hdri-norman-castle-megapack. I don't own the pack (yet), but I do own a number of other HDRIs and none of them allow me to hide a figure behind an integral scene element. There's a similar pic in Mec4D's Central Park collection--of a woman sitting on a bench--but that one's easy to figure out: the bench is simply a prop and not integral to the HDRI.

However this one was done, I'd sure like to know the trick of it! No wonder the guy is grinning.

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  • FishtalesFishtales Posts: 6,119

    It uses a Matte Plane.

  • Blind OwlBlind Owl Posts: 501
    edited November 2017

    Thanks, Fishtales! The video made my brain hurt--I'd need to drop some amphetamines to keep up wink--but it led me to this:  by the same perpetrator, Mec4D.

    I wonder how many folks bought the pack and couldn't figure out why their characters wouldn't play hide-and-seek.

    So many tricks, so many boxes within boxes within...

     

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  • fastbike1fastbike1 Posts: 4,077

    That guy is a 2d/3d Model.You will notice his pose doesn't change and that his tie is immune to gravity.

  • Blind OwlBlind Owl Posts: 501
    edited November 2017

    Hmm, you mean I got sucked in by a billboard? Time to get my eyes checked!

    Still, that is a useful trick with the matte function.

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  • FishtalesFishtales Posts: 6,119

    I haven't gotten around to use the Matte Plane as a cut out but I have used it as a shadow catcher as can be seen in the images in this post. The only 'real' part is the figure the rest is the HDRI.

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2827886/#Comment_2827886

  • Blind OwlBlind Owl Posts: 501

    Useful indeed! HDRIs can be fiddly, frustrating beasts to work with (I'll bet posing that figure on the bench took some doing) but the more I play with them, the more I like them.

    Thanks again for pointing out the matte function. Every little trick and wrinkle helps.

  • FishtalesFishtales Posts: 6,119

    The pose was reasonably easy as it came with Design Anvil's Love Chair. It was free from here at one time https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/67503/design-anvil-freebie-da-love-chair

  • Blind OwlBlind Owl Posts: 501
    edited November 2017

    Turns out it's still available, along with several other goodies. Well, this certainly has been a productive enquiry! smiley

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