Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: IBL: I don't get it

ElZagna opened this issue on Jan 19, 2014 · 119 posts


Sharkbytes-BamaScans posted Mon, 27 January 2014 at 7:41 PM

Quote - Only ibl without an infinite look like a rainy day no ?

 

Depends on the ibl you're using and it's rotation in the scene.  There's one that's at hdrlabs called Playa Sunset or something like that.. i've put the sun setting behind my character and it was beautifully shadowed and I had to put in a mesh light to fill in so you could see her face.. then i rotated it around so that it was behind the camera and you could see the glow of the setting sun in her eyes.

 

then i've used the desert highway set from hdrlabs and the sun in it was so harsh i had to use diffusers to reduce the glare..

a lot of it is about the quality of the ibl itself.  most of the content providers(i'm not saying all.. just most) that release ibl lights for poser and studio are NOT photographers.  the ones releasing the sets at hdrlabs are usually professional photographers who do nothing but work in hdr pictures.

 

on a side note.. got a new cell phone last night  an LG F3.  it's camera is capable of taking hdr panorama shots.. i just might have to play around some with it.