Thanks, hborre. I actually tried that earlier but I didn't know where to connect it. After your post, I looked again and DUH! I could put it between the root node and the hdr tex (I checked; gamma is 1).

It works fine, except I hadn't realized how much the background pic would be lightened, too. I guess another light or using Ground emissions is best, for the most part (depends on the hdr pic). But thanks for the answer!

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