@moongoat,........yeah, basically that's how I do HDRI in C4D,......you use 2 spheres to enlose the scene, 1 seen by the global illumination(GI) and 1 seen by the camera(Visible). Since this is a Bryce forum I'll not go into it any further, however if you want to know the technique for C4D, email or IM me and I'd be glad to send you some more info on the process. As far as the way to fake it in Bryce, search this forum for "Fake HDRI" and you should find some threads that will help.

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