Quote - * I suggest you watch the extra's for the movie Moon - they use an IBL of the enclosed Set to light Gertie and Gertie's arms to match the live action plate.. thats the main use of IBL in the movie industry... so I'm not repeating a Meme.. I'm actually studing techniques rather than just repeating what ppl have posted round here..*

I was agreeing with you. The meme that won't die is what Vilters wrote.

The meme that won't die and needs to die is that IBL is discredited. It is not. There are other advantages to the sphere having to do with reflections, but for basic diffuse lighting, an IBL works fine.

This troubles me. I use the word "great" and still I"m not understood.

IBL is great. It's fast - it's low on memory. IBL + IDL looks the same as EnvSphere + IDL, assuming you have no reflections, and you know how to build one. Those last two things are deal breakers for some situations. That doesn't mean IBL is useless. It means you have to know your tools. It means that shouting about any absolute thing means you're wrong.

 

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