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New plugin : HDR light Domes

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  • Philemo_CarraraPhilemo_Carrara Posts: 1,175
    Selinita said:

    I really like the light dome - it gives the right flavour and can be easily adjusted...

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    @Selinita

    Thank you. I appreciate the compliment, coming from you.

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,113
    edited June 2019

    yep..

    doesn't matter what HDRI I use .. here is another screen shot which is just a new scene the clouds added to the scene and a HDRI added to the background.. nothing else.

    it's a great plugin and I will be using it a lot for my images for sure.. yes

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  • Persona Non GrataPersona Non Grata Posts: 1,365
    edited March 2021

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  • Philemo_CarraraPhilemo_Carrara Posts: 1,175

    Very nice !!! Nice modeling and shading.

    I didn't remember the series, so I googled it and I found this page:

    http://www.thepropgallery.com/filmed-in-miniature-the-models-of-ufo

    Funny how they were doing it before the computer age :-)

  • Philemo_CarraraPhilemo_Carrara Posts: 1,175
    edited June 2019

    Double post

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,289
    edited June 2019
    Philemo_Carrara said:

    Very nice !!! Nice modeling and shading.

    I didn't remember the series, so I googled it and I found this page:

    http://www.thepropgallery.com/filmed-in-miniature-the-models-of-ufo

    Funny how they were doing it before the computer age :-)

    Weta still does it for some stuff

    the Rivendell miniature is awesome, I would love to see it in real life.

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  • Persona Non GrataPersona Non Grata Posts: 1,365
    edited March 2021

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    my mind still boggled on the idl revelation.  idl makes sss settings not work?

    in poser there is ibl lights.  is it another term for hdri, are they the same thing?

    is hd dome like an emissive light?  can we use anything glows instead of point or directional lights?

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  • Philemo_CarraraPhilemo_Carrara Posts: 1,175
    Mystarra said:

    my mind still boggled on the idl revelation.  idl makes sss settings not work?

    It doesn't trigger it, but doesn't prevent direct lights of doing so.

    Mystarra said:

    in poser there is ibl lights.  is it another term for hdri, are they the same thing?

    It looks like it, but I'm not 100% sure. (I don't use Poser).

    Mystarra said:

    is hd dome like an emissive light? 

    Not really

    Mystarra said:

    can we use anything glows instead of point or directional lights?

    You could if Carrara was able to read HDR images in the shader room because anything glows is based on object colors.

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  • Philemo_CarraraPhilemo_Carrara Posts: 1,175
    Selinita said:

    A new trick (for me) with hdr ...

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    Getting the background onto the object to aid realism ...

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    Objects without transparency work very well - those with, not so much sad

    I suppose you use a shadow catcher to sink the object in the background. For transparency to work, you would need to get a render from the top camera and use it to shade your plane. I'm afraid it's a bit tricky to arrange properly, but it should work eventually (if it's worth the effort).

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  • CelluloCellulo Posts: 60

    Thanks Selinita for the pdf tutorial file.

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,688
    Cellulo said:

    Thanks Selinita for the pdf tutorial file.

    Make that a double thanks !! yesyes

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    Gorgeous sky examplesmiley

    been trying for cerulean skies for years 

  • Philemo_CarraraPhilemo_Carrara Posts: 1,175

    Thank you Selenita,

    I do appreciate the effort to come up with some documentation (that's the part of software development I like less :-)). Doing it in steps is a very good idea.

    Il will try your settings that differ from mine. One remark, my experience is that it's often best not to change the shadow percentage and leave it at 100% If the shadows are not right, the error is usually somewhere else.

     

    Selinita said:

    Here's what I've learned thus far...

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    Attached pdf detailing 16 steps I use to create simple HDRI Dome light images.

     

  • DUDUDUDU Posts: 1,945

    Thanks a lot for this, Phil, I'll try it this W.E.!

  • Philemo_CarraraPhilemo_Carrara Posts: 1,175
    Philemo_Carrara said:

    Thank you Selenita,

    I do appreciate the effort to come up with some documentation (that's the part of software development I like less :-)). Doing it in steps is a very good idea.

    Il will try your settings that differ from mine. One remark, my experience is that it's often best not to change the shadow percentage and leave it at 100% If the shadows are not right, the error is usually somewhere else.

     

    Selinita said:

    Here's what I've learned thus far...

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    Attached pdf detailing 16 steps I use to create simple HDRI Dome light images.

     

    Setting the HDRI brightness to 150% is pure genius. That set it just right.

  • Philemo_CarraraPhilemo_Carrara Posts: 1,175
    DUDU said:

    Thanks a lot for this, Phil, I'll try it this W.E.!

    Have fun ;-)

  • Persona Non GrataPersona Non Grata Posts: 1,365
    edited March 2021

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,182

    Thanks for this Pilemo, and thanks to Selina for the tutorial, and to Stezza and others for reporting experiments.  I haven't had a chance to try this yet but I can see adding efficiency to some of my scenes.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    do photo ies fit in somehow?  they seem immune to brightness and range settings

  • 3drendero3drendero Posts: 2,026
    News post at CarraraCafe by Jetbird: https://carraracafe.com/new-plugin-hdr-light-domes/ Missing Selinitas tutorial in there for now...
  • CbirdCbird Posts: 493
    edited July 2019

     

    Learning my way around this great new plugin. Thank you, Philemo!

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  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,113

    this is such a great little tool

    If you do get the error message popup when loading the plugin, what I do is hide the items in the scene tab that I may have loaded and then load the lighting plugin and then unhide.. this is a workaround that works for me..

    great plugin that is very usefull yes

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,996

    thanks !

  • RuudLRuudL Posts: 199
    edited February 2020

    Any chance of a macOS version or are you still having issues with your Mac?  Need some help?

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