11500X5700 HDRI (my results)

[helicase]

Hi guys, i found this post on Cg-cars.net, i know a few of you visit that site regularly, but those who don't there was a really nice thread in making HDRI sceens. And the guy who made hdri-locations.com. Is giving up a free sample of his product (full rez). And i got some cool results. This isn't a pitch or anything, just trying to help people out, who like me might of had a hard time w/ HDRI's in the past and vray.

link: HDRi-locations free sample questions/renderings - CGCars

Thanks for comments on what i made from this guys work.

I had a hard time titling this thread, so if someone can think of something better please tell me.

[eddybrown]

It looks cool, have you tried changing the black and white balance when you import the hdr into max to see if you can get better results? I think you can get better results

I just had a lesson today about HDRs and how to take them so I hope to try and create some with my elise model later this year (probably next year now!).

[helicase]

yeah, that was the first render. It has some problems....

You: It looks cool, have you tried changing the black and white balance when you import the hdr into max to see if you can get better results? I think you can get better results

Me: Thanks!, i will mess around with the settings.

You: I just had a lesson today about HDRs and how to take them so I hope to try and create some with my elise model later this year (probably next year now!).

me: sweet! yeah it helps to have a nice camera w/ that. Post your results even if its a jpg if you can.

[eddybrown]

I found a really good tutorial here about taking HDRs and setting them up properly. I've just got to order some chrome balls to take the photos with - all the garden centres near me either didn't have them in stock or they thought I was asking for garden shears instead of garden spheres!

[helicase]

Where did you order your chrome balls from? That is a really nice tutorial. The one i found was not that detailed at all. It's really nice they showed the settings in max too. Thats a really nice find, i booked market it

[eddybrown]

I'm ordering the balls from eBay, I've gotta wait till after xmas now until I next get some money in my account but it will be £44 for a 30cm ball and two 15cm balls which I intend to paint matt white and matt grey.

[helicase]

yeah it will be worth the cost though i think. LOL i was going to use silver xmass orinments for the chrome ball.

some other results messing around w/ the hdr settings...

[eddybrown]

The hdr setup and material look a lot better now! I think the position of the car maybe slightly off, I think you maybe need to tweak the camera a little bit because the car seems to squat at the back - I think that's due to the perspective of the car not matching the background. Nice work though

[tom120934]

I didn't see it mentioned here, but the HDRI kind donator is Thomas Suurland, a famous CG artist. His work is visible at : www.suurland.com One of the few who really motivated me some years ago to start CG cars.

Tom, many thanks !

Edit : by the way, there is some kind of mandatory mention to add to a render using the free sample. Don't forget to add the mention in your renders, everyone !