RedPhantom posted at 7:04 AM Fri, 5 November 2021 - #4429941

I usually use a sphere for visualization while I'm setting up the scene and then I switch to the background node one of the last things before I render due to the lagging they can cause. My geriatric computer has that problem even with medium-sized backgrounds. 

https://www.renderosity.com/forums/threads/2961030/rotation-when-using-an-hdr-bitmap-on-the-background-node there's a script here to help set up a background. I've only used a it couple of times so I can't say how good it is.

I'm using my script each time. And now I think that Snarly's EZCatcher can be adjusted:

* by setting the same environment map
* and by using the same rotation/location values as the ones used for the background node

Only the scale must remain -1, -1, 1

The last thing I have to found: evaluate the HSV node's Value to adjust the intensity of the shadow catcher

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