hi ,
is it possible to render and create HDRI´s  out of vue....with the sky clouds and atmo....to use these in other apps for lightning???

thx for info
cheers

I never used it in practice but theoretically, according to the manual, all you have to do is save the resulting render in HDR format (choose HDR from the format list when you are saving the image). You don't have to do anything special to render, just do it normally.

Yep, sure is(;

Export as UV sphere (for use in Vue), very large resolution if you want it to look good, like 3000+.

That's how I do my "Self HDR Lighting" trick ;)

If you want save a render in .HDR format, you should first turn off that "Natural film response" checkbox in the "Film settings" of the post processing "Post Render Options" dialog.

It somewhat limits the dynamic range, from what I hear. Have played a bit with a couple of 3rd party HDR tone mapping programs and turning it off did improve the HDR images.

In render settings be sure and check "Panoramic View" (360) AND "Spherical Render" (180).
Choose a render size that's big like 2048 x 1024.

As Jim says, don't use Natural film response. Be sure and save as .hdr.
The goal is to have as large a dynamic range as possible, so you want bright whites and black blacks-- if possible. Radiosity, GI, or AI is typically not necessary-- neither is good anti-aliasing as these will all take much longer to render.

Those with multi-core processors will only use 1 core when rendering panoramas. HTH.

Quote - Those with multi-core processors will only use 1 core when rendering panoramas. HTH.

Good to know!  Thanks!  But why only one core?