Lighting HDRI

I noticed when you want to chane the HDRI is only goes from left to right and vice verse, It wold be nice if it could go up and down or in a more circler motion.

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Redcap wrote: You can upload your own HDRIs, so if you want one that is from a different direction then top left or top right you can upload one.

One problem.....outside HDRIs won't submit to the library.....and you will end up with randomly picked lighting from the existing HDRIs. Otherwise, perfectly fine to use if not planniong to submit the filter....

I thought that was a limitation of FF, I could be wrong though. Or perhaps it's a limitation of the HDRI environs they licensed.

jffe

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MysticBlueRaven wrote: I want to use the HDRI the come with FF and would love to be able to rotate in any way direction I choice

Me too!!! That way you could turn the 'ball' towards the sky and loose alot of the reflection "junk".....like doors, windows, fences, trees, structures, etc. It has been a "huge" problem with alot of 3D glass filters that I've made.....that I can't use or want to submit until there is a remedy for it.....

i dont think so, jffe. the FF engine is currently only wired to move them laterally. so, extra imported environments wouldnt change that.

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Kraellin wrote: i dont think so, jffe. the FF engine is currently only wired to move them laterally. so, extra imported environments wouldnt change that.

----Oh, so that is just a fact at this point then ? (Sorry, if it's already been said I must've missed it or misynderstood what was said about it.)

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StevieJ wrote: ......and FF won't accept any 'foreign' HDRIs.....

----Sure it will, (well, ones that are converted to 1 of the 2 formats FF currently accepts, oddly enough /hdr files not being one of those formats), it just takes forever. I was going to import a 640 X 640 one last night, but 20 minutes in, it looked about 5%-6% done, so I shut it off. Using .jpg files renamed is way faster, but they look like crap.

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StevieJ wrote: along with adding an HDRI editor

----That's possible down the road, a few bigger name apps do include that. And there are a few somewhat affordable ones that just do that kind of thing available.

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StevieJ wrote: and customizable HDRI components

----That I wouldn't hold my breathe for, but I suppose it's possible.


----Friendlier (ie = waayyy faster) importing of lighting files, support for .hdr, and the up/down movable lighting are all must-have features at some point. The rest, well, I don't know enough to comment on other than those 3 things that I feel are sorely lacking in a high level program like this, but again, all 3 of my requests (above) may very well be on their way in an update eh.

jffe

jffe, just a note re your 640 x 640 import attempt... yes, any dimension over about 400 is going to seriously slow down imports and even 400 is pretty slow. normally, i use 200 x 200 or 200 x 400 or something along those lines.

but, you could always just leave your rig on over night and start the import as the last thing before you go to bed if you wanted larger sizes