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[InTheCity]

works pretty good if you ask me.

[nhytro]

Hi InThe City, did u use the advanced renderer module? Very interesting result.

Originally posted by InTheCity
works pretty good if you ask me.

[InTheCity]

Yes, of course. I've found that it works well with almost any image with interesting lighting.

The results are obvioulsy not as good as the right way. But they pass.

[LucentDreams]

dunno, to me the reflection is still very flat in appearance.

[InTheCity]

I think with a few tweaks here and there, it could work.

One difference between using an image or a HDR in the Lum channel. The HDR although not accurate still has some light information. I can see the effect passing through to the floor with my HDR images, but obviously with a regular image I get a single color.

I've tried spectrum-HDR's.. They also work quite well.

[Ben Sones]

I messed around with this approach a while back, and it does have a few drawbacks. Particularly if you have multiple objects in your scene with varying levels of reflectivity. With a real HDRI, you'll be able to see details in some reflections that are not visible in others. With a "fake" HDRI, the image has the same details at every lighting "stop," because everything is a variation of one exposure (unless you paint in detail that isn't already there), so you miss this subtle but important visual cue in the final rendering.

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