Re: HDRI
Correct.
As most HDR’s will have a sun in them which will product a strong light anyway. If you put in sun and sky then your basically doubling up.
Also grab this HDR is really nice. And BIG
http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18573&highlight=360+hdr
Here is a light setup that is quite could. Assuming that the scene is in cwf:
Direct (with target)
rgb = 255,246,235
xyz= 824’8.363",-510’3.512",567’1.808" (System Units = feet)
Multi. = 1.1
Target
xyz = 55’3.378",78’9.062",6’1.514"
HDRI (we use grayscale and we bought our selection from Dosche)
Mult. = .3-.4
Horiz Rot = 110
We’ve had some good success with these settings.
Again, I’m not here to step on anyone’s tows. I think we just don’t want to hassle with all the trouble of lwf without enough pay off. But sometimes I wish we did.
I think it’s all about what kind of business you are. If you need exact color matching capability then lwf is going to take a lot of time.
By the way, we think that the hdri and direct light relationship should add up to around 1.5 (give or take a few notches).