hdri question

#1

so i have set up imaged based lighting in my scene and am getting some very nice renders. i wanted to know if there is a way to have the ibl sphere that gets created to not render. in other words i only want the reflection from the hdri to render not the actual hdr image as a background. any suggestions? thanks.

#2

This really depends on your software! Which program are you using?

#3

maya 2012 my friend

#4

i believe there is an option in the IBL attributes called “visible as environment”. Just check that off and it shouldn’t show up as a background anymore. At least its there in older versions of Maya.

#5

On the mentalrayIblShape attribute tab under Render Stats. Turn of Primary Visibility.

You can also turn off the Primary Visibility in the attribute Spreadsheet under the render tab.

#6

oh yeah, hah…primary visibility…duh. “visible as environment” will make it show up in things like reflections and refractions.

#7

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