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Ikari
10-14-2003, 08:41 PM
huhu everyone

so i do have a question bout cinema 4d:

everytime i render with HDRI, ok, looks really sweet but sometimes i would like to have the typical look of those texture-lightended renderings, but too, a typical set of Key, Fill and Backlightig just for the dramturgic part of the scene, maybe a darkish and nightly look or little room or a very long to made light setup for the effects.

i tried just to mix both lighting methods, but the picture is over-lighted, or the light setuo cant be seen because of being to weak.

anybody expirience with this here or some tips at hand?

thanks in advance
AdamT
10-14-2003, 08:47 PM
Try setting the lights' brightness between what they were when it was too bright and what they were when it was too dim. :)

Paul Everett's Sniper Pro plugin makes radiosity lighting *much* less time consuming. It doesn't give you a 100% preview of how the full-size render will look, but close enough to help a lot.
ThirdEye
10-14-2003, 09:37 PM
HDRI and GI in general shouldn't be the final solution for lighting imho, i always see them as a sobstitute for the fill light in a classic 3 lights env.
hundredthirtyseven
10-15-2003, 12:44 AM
Have you ever tried duplicating the object with a GI unchecked compositing tag on the second one? I don't know it this works, but you should give a try.

By the way, I have a similar problem too. I used radiosity (no HDRI) with normal 3 point lightning setups, and the main light was casting shadows, because sometimes radiosity shadows aren't enough dark, and this way you can control the amount of shadows. But how can I control the shadows with a HDRI lightning? GI spheres with luminance channel have no such options. Now my HDRI scenes look flat because of the missing shadows...
tcastudios
10-15-2003, 01:08 AM
Make a second sphere where you have set the contrast much higher. The brighter part will then act more as lights.

Try a map with only a white dot on. It will work as a light source.

Lennart
ndat
10-15-2003, 06:25 AM
Put the HDRI map in the enviroment channel it speeds up render times and allows for normal lighting...
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