(Depending on your patience, significantly more in some cases). HDR images are intended to capture more than this number of stops. Some old films could record 12-13 stops of light, while your eyes can approximately see up to 14 stops. In fact, I will still often use Paul Debevec’s Uffizi gallery lightprobe to light scene renders in Blender today.įor example, you may be able to record 10-12 stops of light information using a modern camera. I originally learned about, and used, HDR images when I would use them to illuminate a scene in Blender. By using an HDR lightprobe, you can match the lighting exactly to what is filmed.
SIMPLY HDR FREE MOVIE
HDR lightprobes are used in movie fx compositing to ensure that the lighting on CG models matches exactly the lighting for a live-action scene. If it looks good to you, then it’s too much. If you take anything away from this post, let it be this: “Turn it DOWN“. Of course, the allure here is that it provides first timers a glimpse into something new, and they feel the desire to crank every setting up to 11 with no regards to good taste or aesthetics. In fact, while I’m putting up embarrassing images that I’ve done in the past, here’s one that scores on all the points for a crappy image from an HDR: “My Eyes! The goggles do nothing!” They are easily spotted with some tell-tale signs such as the halos at high-contrast edges, the unrealistically hyper-saturated colors that make your eyes bleed, and a general affront to good taste. The best term I’ve heard used to describe over-processed images created from an HDR is “clown vomit” (which would also be a great name for a band, by the way).
I know because I’ve been there: Don’t judge me, it was a weird time in my life…
I think the problem is that it’s very easy to create really bad HDR images that the photographer thinks look really good. I have a mostly love/hate relationship with HDR images (well, tonemapping HDR more than the HDR themselves).
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