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revelaciones
03-22-2004, 03:34 PM
hello somebody knows how obtaing a realistic shadow when I use skylight and HDRI, because the shadow that I obtain is the shadow of daylight, I want to obtain a style of raytrace or area shadow
thorn3d
03-22-2004, 03:47 PM
If you want an area or RT shadow, put a light in the scene and.... turn on area or RT shadow.

Problem solved.

thorn
revelaciones
03-22-2004, 04:44 PM
if i do that, the new light will iluminate my scene so, y want only the shadow
thorn3d
03-22-2004, 04:48 PM
Do a multi-pass rendering with a shadow-only pass, combine that with the HDRI render in post.

thorn
revelaciones
03-22-2004, 09:16 PM
how obtain a realistic ilumination with hdr like this

the shadow
the color
the ilumination
thorn3d
03-23-2004, 04:45 AM
Ok.

There is not a 2 sentence answer which just solves this problem.

There's no button for this, nor some "one size fits all" way to go about it.

If you're wanting an ultra-realistic light/shadow/skin effect, then it's going to be a matter of learning to use lights, shadows, and shaders... lots of trial, error, learning what works and what doesn't.

You might try looking in the 3dsmax tutorials forum for a bit of guidance, but based on the pathway your questions are taking it appears to me you're just starting off from the beginning and trying to hit an experienced result in a few minutes - which isn't going to happen. :)

thorn
Tims0l
03-23-2004, 12:54 PM
why dont we tell him about the "make photorealistic button"?
CapnPanic
03-23-2004, 05:08 PM
oh but there IS an easy answer!!

how obtain a realistic ilumination with hdr like this

use an hdr that has all those things IN it!

tada!

your hdri must have the lighting quality, color, directionality, etc in it, in order to get those things out of the render. just becuase you are using hdr-based lighting doesn't mean it will look like any other image you've seen with hdr-based lighting in it.

so, to solve your problem, go buy a mirrored ball and a camera and shoot an hdri that has the quality of light you like. or simply supliment the hdr you have now with other lights
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