Questions tagged [hdri]
High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI) refers to the set of imaging technologies and techniques that allow to increase the dynamic range of images or videos. It covers the acquisition, creation, storage, distribution and display of images and videos. Use this tag for questions relating to 360 degree HDRI lighting setups.
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How to use built-in default HDRi's in renders?
Blender 2.8 and newer contains a number of HDRi's in it by default for LookDev. I'd like to know how to use them in final renders (EEVEE or Cycles), because quite frankly they appear fantastic.
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How to hide hdri background?
I have added an hdri environment file and i want to use the lights and not the background image. Is there any option present to hide the image and just use the light source.
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How can I create a silhouette using HDR in cycles?
In real life, when taking pictures with a bright background the object you are looking at becomes mostly black. How can I get this effect in Blender?
I would like the monkey to become a silhouette ...
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How can I get HDRI shadows in an Eevee scene? [duplicate]
I'm currently testing Eevee. Seems so promising !
Here, i'm trying to make my Eevee render the closest I can to my previous render Cycles of the same scene.
This scene do not have any lights but an ...
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Make texture visible in sunlight
I would like to make my textures visible in sunlight. I adjusted the exposure but that didn't help:
Right now when sunlight hits my textures they turn white. I want to be able to see the texture even ...
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Changing HDRI exposure within Blender
I've been looking for some HDRs to use in an animation, and I realize that they're going to be exceptionally expensive.
This is why I'm wondering if I can change the exposure of an HDR from within ...
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Turn off HDRI shadow casting
Is there a way to make an HDRI light setup not cast shadow? I Want to light my scene with an HDRI, but control the shadow with an normal lamp.
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How to scale properly HDRI image, to be used in ASC-CDL HDR render?
I've been test rendering lighting my scene using HDR images, trying to get the right value of light and shade from. The problem is, no matter what I do, I can't get the full spectrum in one image, ...
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In Blender 2.8, how do I light an EEVEE scene with an HDR?
Blender 2.8 supports the same world node setup that Cycles does. This correctly puts the HDR image in the world background.
But EEVEE doesn't light the scene properly. Everything looks flat and ...
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How can I convert multiple mirror ball exposures into an HDR?
I was hoping I could use Blender's compositor to merge multiple mirror ball exposures into an HDR.
I have 7 images, each with different exposures, all aligned, each square, 32-bit tiff format. Yet ...
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World texture doesn't show no matter what only in Cycles
No matter if it's an environment texture or just a solid color it shows black.
I've even tried import worlds I made in other files
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Blender reflects an HDRI that no longer exists in a project and ignores current ones
I am using Blender 3.2 and I have project that I started with 2.8 or 2.9 if that matters. I changed the HDRI map but no matter what, when roughness is low, it reflects that old HDRI, it even reflects ...
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How to disable env HDR reflection only for one object?
I have scene with 2 objects, 1 light and background HDR.
For object 1 i need light reflection and background reflection.
For object 2 i need only light reflection without background.
Is any simple ...
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Distance of HDRi backgrounds
Almost 90% of the time I light my scenes with an HDRi background.
Is there a way to control the virtual distance of the background image so I can control bokeh and blurriness of the image when using ...
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Blender 2.8 - Transparent background
How to make transparent background in blender 2.8 with HDRI on?
After selecting "Film" - "Alpha" -> "Transparent"
I still have my HDRI on the rendered image
Please help
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