A Little Freebie

#1

I am sure everyone is familiar with Paul’s great “reflection” image.
I made an HDR version for everyone to experiment with in EIAS 7.

www.arketypedesign.com/Downloads/Reflection.hdr.zip

Enjoy!

Dave :slight_smile:

#2

Thanks Dave ! :bounce:

Cheers,
Laurent aka Tartiflette :slight_smile:

#3

You’re the man! Thanks a lot.

#4

What did you do to turn it into an HDRI…or did you start from scratch?

#5

I did some editing in Photoshop to fake it (using my secret recipe) :wink:

It does have values above 1.0, so it’s a real HDR.

Let me know how it works, Paul.
I’ll be interested to see any tests you do with it.

Dave

#6

I tried a little with it. My favorite/more familiar HDRI’s have a broader tonal range with a little bit of hot-spot. This one is quite dark but with a fairly wide heated up area so it felt a little too contrasty for me.

I can certainly see where it can be used to good effect but I couldn’t quite get it working as I would like.

Good job though.

#7

Hi Paul.
Thanks for the honest feedback.
Try version 2. My “secret formula” is still in beta! :wink:

This should have a much broader dynamic range, and definately has a hot spot from the sun.

www.arketypedesign.com/Downloads/Reflection2.hdr.zip

This map generates some noise so be prepared to increase your # primary Rays, or just blur the hdr in Photoshop a bit to smooth it out.

A fast preview is attached.
Dave

#8

Thanks…I’ll have a play once I get a minute.

#9

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