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Lights -> properties -> GI -> Enable Radiosity HDRIs with small, bright lightsources will need higher settings whilst lower contrast HDRIs with larger more diffuse lightsources wonвЂ™t need as much.

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Seen by rays (ON) (Used in lighting calculations)Д®xlude all lights from lighting this objectДepending on what your HDR image is of, the following settings can be reduced or increased to create the most accurate, smoothest, speckle free lighting and shadows. Seen by camera (OFF) (DonвЂ™t want this to render) Seen by Rays: OFF (Background image not included in lighting calculations) The background sphere can be any size you require, and your lighting sphere is best made as small as possible to increase the lighting accuracy.

One will be used to display the background, whilst the other will be invisible and provide our lighting. Open the effects window (^F5) -> add Environment -> Image World -> edit properties -> select light probe image This makes adding a direct light over the sun extra difficult as well (see adding traditional lights for hard edged shadows) So this method isnвЂ™t recommended.Д¬onvert the lat/longitude spherical format to lightprobe format in a program such as HDRShop. Once your HDR image is mapped, you can edit the properties to align/rotate the environment/sky as you wish.Д¬lear all lights вЂ“ all lighting will be provided by the HDRIДЄ big drawback to this method is that you canвЂ™t view your hdr in the viewport in realtime, you have to do test renders to find out where the sun is. See the GI/Interpolated section to set this up correctly. Seen by Rays: ON (when using only one HDRI, we need the bg image to also provide lighting)Д®xclude all lights from lighting this objectДЇor the sphere, you will need to make it large enough so that it appears to be in the distance, however the larger (further away) the sphere is, the more innacurate the lighting and shadows become. Load a sphere object with inverted normals and apply the hdr as a spherical map. Then use another HDRI mapped to another inverted sphere which will provide lighting to the scene but will not be visible in the render. Two HDRIs: Use one HDRI mapped to an inverted background sphere which will be visible in the render, but will not provide lighting. One HDRI: Use one HDRI for both your background image and for your lighting, either mapping to a 3d inverted sphere or as a lightprobe environment. You can set up your scene in one of two ways.

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If you are having trouble with speckle/splotching artifacts, apply a full precision blur filter to your lighting hdr (see the two hdri method) HDRI Environment Map Will adjust the contrast of the hdr and the lighting, but introduces splotching/speckle artifacts. Most HDR images are created at gamma 2.2 so failing to do this will result in very poor renders with loads of splotches/speckling artifacts.ДЄdjusting brightness will affect the brightness of the hdr itself as well as the lighting of the scene. hdr format -> set gamma to 2.2 in the editing tab.

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This problem is usually called вЂњsplotchinessвЂќ or вЂњspecklesвЂќ, and it can be caused by either radiosity settings which are too low to create smoothing lighting and shadows, or the use of HDRI maps which contain small but bright regions, such as windows or the sun.Д®ach software package has its own method of fixing this problem, as detailed below.ДЄ large percentage of HyperfocalвЂ™s HDR skies are photographed with the sun just behind or fully covered by clouds, increasing the size of the light source and giving the artist the option of creating either a soft or hard shadowed look. HDRI Artifacts вЂ“ Splotches, Speckles, Tiny DotsД«efore we begin the tutorial and cover all of the HDR controls in LW8, we must address a very common problem that exists in some 3d software packages that support radiosity and HDRI. LW8 supports HDRI out of the box, no plugins are required. If you are not up to speed on HDRI or the lingo, you may wish to first read our Understanding HDRI article.

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This tutorial is not aimed at the novice, it will not explain how to perform very basic operations in Lightwave, please consult your manual if you need help with these basics. Provided that your HDRIs are of good quality, you should have a great end result for your background, lighting and reflections using HDRI after completing this tutorial.

This tutorial attempts to cover every aspect of HDR rendering in Lightwave 8, but since radiosity and HDR support hasnвЂ™t changed much since 6.5, users of older versions should be fine. They can however be just as easily used for other HDRI environments.

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This tutorial has been written to serve Hyperfocal DesignвЂ™s customers who are using their HDRI sky textures вЂ“ download a free sample now to follow along.