night scene render

[sofitaa]

Hi, I am working on a treehouse project and I need to render an outdoor night scene and I am really lost. I am using michas grass technique for the ground but that's about it. Any tips or help with the lightning and enviroment will be more than welcome
thanks a lot!!!

[sofitaa]

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hy guys....i'm still dealing whith the same stuff, i'd like to know what's the diference between using an hdri night image or a map image in the enviroment M at options.
thanks

[Micha_cg]

Re: night scene render

HDRI (Millions brightness steps) can contain more brightness steps than standard images (255). HDRI is good for lighting a scene with contrastful lighting (light-shadow-ratio). You can use a standard 360° JPG too - the lighting is softer, maybe like an overcast sky. But for a night scene this isn't important, a night sky isn't a contrastful light source, so if you found a nice night panorama, than use it (and post a link - good to know where is one to found).

For example I would use this sky for a late evening scene:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/erik-nl/308624064/

It's no problem, that it is a LDRI Jpg, because all light inforamtions of the sky match the 8bit image, a HDRI wouldn't show more here.

[zooropa]

Re: night scene render

Hi, I'am trying to help Sofia with the sky scene. Do anyone know when to use Spherical, Mirror Ball, Cross Hdri? We are modeling something like a big backyard. ( night sky)

Thanks
Zooropa

[zooropa]

Re: night scene render

Hi!!, we've been looking everywere for good night panormaica's or hdri, apartently that's not soooo easy too find, we are working whith an hdri image but we still don't get stars or moon an we've been triying to get a darker image in the sky, these are the results so far, pleaaaaaase any tip to improve this image????
tahnks a lot
Zooropa/ Sofia




Link to Hdri ( Evermotion Free : http://www.evermotion.org/index.php?...fold=exclusive ( number 3

[Micha_cg]

Re: night scene render

I would try to mix some panorama textures. Here I found star panoramas:

http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/stars.html


But if you like a ready solution, than you could spend 99$ here

http://www.hyperfocaldesign.com/sky-...ollection.html

[zooropa]

Re: night scene render

What do you think? I don't know why but I prefer the last one. This looks really strange.
Bad Reflections.
Thanks
Zooropa

[Micha_cg]

Re: night scene render

Maybe the sky environment isn't set as reflection environment.

Here an other night sky:

http://realsoft.fi/daemon/files/skie...y_nightime.jpg

from here

http://maxforums.net/archive/index.php/t-93631.html

[sofitaa]

Re: night scene render

Micha, that image is great! thanks a lot!!!! now, I've got one last question (hopefully)I would like to scale and orientate that image diferently, do you know how to do that??

[sofitaa]

Re: night scene render

I'm sorry, forgot an important thing!!! i cant load both, the image and th hdri, is there any way to merge them?
thanks!!!! ;D

[Micha_cg]

Re: night scene render

set the maps at the VfR background slot and set texture UVW type environment. This textures are spherical maps.

Merging -> Photoshop

[zooropa]

Re: night scene render

Hey! We are trying to finish this project for uni. What do you think?



I am wondering how can I make appear the moon, I tryed with size multiplier of sun at 50 but nothing happends. (yes the arrow, sun, is in front of the camera).
Thanks a lot

[Micha_cg]

Re: night scene render

Moon - I don't know, but your background looks stretched.