HDRI Washed Out

[Psy]

I understand how HDRI works having used it extensively with Brazil. I can set it up fine in vray, I place an omni turned off in the scene, uncheck default lights in the global switches dialog box, but when i render, the scene is so washed out in light.

I've done a temp solve by lowering the multiplier of the HDRI map, but that's hardly a solution seeing as it darkens everything as well.

I don't think its a bug, just probably me being dumb , but if anyone could assist and explain or show the proper way to get a good hdri render, I'd be very grateful.

Thanks,

Psy

[natty]

can you post your settings and show us your HDRI mapping and stuff ?

[Psy]

sure thing natty.

[Psy]

[Psy]

Same settings in another scene gets me this, its and off and on problem or something.

[GoncaloP]

The image have a very big overexposed area so its natural that you have a washout look, you can try two things:

1. Lower the First diffuse bounces multiplier

2. lower the Multiplier for the VrayHRD loader

Hope this helps,

Gonçalo

[Psy]

well natty suggested that maybe its cuz of the material, so i gave it a whirl and rendered it with the glass mat as well and then



after doing that and looking at my mat editor, i realized that it was completely the materials fault.

i'm dumb

[PENdzel]

try - multipler 0.3 hdri

[Psy]

yeah, but that darkens everything. and whats the point of having natural light, if u have to make a bright day look like a cloudy day because the hdri is acting up.

[J_Bug]

yeah, but that darkens everything. and whats the point of having natural light, if u have to make a bright day look like a cloudy day because the hdri is acting up.

I don't think that's the case. Isn't that image of early morning?

Try this out...

I've used this setup in a few scenes.

I can't post to the net now. Let me know if you wantt e-mail you my setup

--Jon

[J_Bug]

here ya go

http://www.dtoxx.com/J_Bug/CampusSetup_01.max

--Jon

[Psy]

muchos gracias.

thank you very much, gonna give it a try and see if its me or vray now.

[prey1979]

question what is the reasoning behind placing and omi in the scene and then turning it off when using hdri?? can someone please explain this to me?

[Biohazard]

This is the way to get rid of the default light that Max sets automatically if you don't light your scene by yourself (too kind).

[prey1979]

so max does a default light intersting .. i guess never notcied since when i place and hdri map in my scene i have a target direct asweell so im assumign that, the direct light overrides this anyways...?