environment

[spin]

hi guys...

need some tips here.. what map should i use in the environment? when i used vray rendering, the environment seems too dark. i tried hdri maps but its still the same.

[AJLynn]

Did you set an environment in the Max Rendering environment and the Vray GI environment? How did you load the HDR? Whatever environment I use, I usually instance it into a material slot and instance it into Vray and Max environments. A gradient ramp can work well for the sky, or an HDR. Evermotion has a set of free HDRs you can download, some of which are good, and I do some of my own with a digital camera and Photoshop, or if you happen to have Maxwell you could get the new-technology-procedural-sky look by setting up a blank scene with the sky you want and using the Photoshop HDR creating procedure on shots taken in it... actually, that's a good idea, I think I'll do that tomorrow and post files.

[spin]

thanks aj, but i hav tried that option. i got a sky.jpg scene, its a bright scene.. but wen i paced it in the environment using vray, it became dark.. do i need to put an omni or other lights?

[puciorek]

Did you set an environment in the Max Rendering environment and the Vray GI environment? How did you load the HDR? Whatever environment I use, I usually instance it into a material slot and instance it into Vray and Max environments. A gradient ramp can work well for the sky, or an HDR. Evermotion has a set of free HDRs you can download, some of which are good, and I do some of my own with a digital camera and Photoshop, or if you happen to have Maxwell you could get the new-technology-procedural-sky look by setting up a blank scene with the sky you want and using the Photoshop HDR creating procedure on shots taken in it... actually, that's a good idea, I think I'll do that tomorrow and post files.

 

Ajllyn,

How do you make HDRI using your digital camera?

I know the latest Photoshop version supports HDRI but how do you make them?

Thanks

[Logitek]

thanks aj, but i hav tried that option. i got a sky.jpg scene, its a bright scene.. but wen i paced it in the environment using vray, it became dark.. do i need to put an omni or other lights?

 

I'm gonna ask this since it happened to me... Do you, by any chance, use a cylinder or a sphere with a texture applied on it for your background?

Set incorrectly, this stops all rays coming from the HDR environment --> black scene.

[puciorek]

I'm gonna ask this since it happened to me... Do you, by any chance, use a cylinder or a sphere with a texture applied on it for your background?

Set incorrectly, this stops all rays coming from the HDR environment --> black scene.

 

it happened to me too, how do you fix it?

exclude it from GI?

[Logitek]

it happened to me too, how do you fix it?

exclude it from GI?

 

Well, until I find a better solution, I don't use a background in max and add it in photoshop instead (which I find better to fine tune anyway).

 

Someone has a better way?

[ApeiNe]

same one for me Logitek (:

[Brian Smith]

If you apply exposure control in the Color Mapping rollout, might want to deselect Affect Background. I recommend using a cylinder with a map as the background.

 

Brian