Skyline HDRI

jwcjaygaines

So maybe I'm just a nincompoop, but I haven't been able to find what I'm looking for. I have several scenes from the store (Luxury Hotel Balcony, High Rise Bedroom, etc.). They're excellent products. What I'm searching for is a complimentary HDRI of city buildings, namely, an HDRI that is taken from higher up to simulate the height of the scene. Note: this is mostly for Blender, as that's where I do 90% of my work. I use Daz to create the characters and environments, then import over using Diffeomorphic. I looked on Polyhaven, but all theirs are taken from street/ground level. I need something from perhaps a rooftop perspective, and if it came with both a day and night version, that would be even better! The store seems a bit quirky at times when using the search function, so maybe I'm not seeing all the options. Any help would be appreciated!

SofaCitizen

It's not really the same request, but this earlier thread has some alternatives to HDRIs that might work for you?

Other than that, depending if your scenes can get away with it, you can just use normal photos for the background/backdrop? You won't get the lighting and you'll need some DOF or other tricks to make it not look fake but would open up some more options.

It does seem odd that there are not too many roof-level HDRIs out there - atleast not many I could find either. There are the below three but these are all very different and may not be the style you want:

• https://polyhaven.com/a/sunset_jhbcentral
• https://polyhaven.com/a/hotel_rooftop_balcony
• https://polyhaven.com/a/vignaioli