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      bahjon12
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      can anyone please tell me how to use HDRIs when rendering a sketchup model in vray.....for instance, where do u insert the hdri, in the GI or the background??...and why do i get a black screen in the frame buffer when i do so?....and how do i control the size, distance and angle of the hdri???
      ...........somebody please help......

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        EarthMover
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        Most likely you are getting a black screen because you are using the physical camera along with the HDRI. You must either turn off camera, or turn up the multiplier on the HDRI. If you you are using the original release, the multiplier should be set to around 10000 if physical camera is on. If you are using SR1 or later, the multiplier should be between 5-10. HDRI can go in environment, background or reflection, or in all three depending on what you are going for. Don't forget when you use an HDRI in Vray, you must change the texture setting to environment and changing the horizontal rotation number will spin your HDR image until the sun in is in the right place.

        3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
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        Content Creator at Skapeup

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          HDRI in the GI will be the light source.
          HDRI in the background will be, your background where there's no other geometry as well as in your reflections.

          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            bahjon12
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            thnks guys.... i seem to have got started....bt it'll take a while to get the hang of it....can u tl me wer i could find a tutorial on this??...it'll be really helpful...thanks again

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              There's quite a bit of information at the forums at ASGvis.

              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                bahjon12
                last edited by

                i tried out the things that u guys advised.....however i'm still not very clear about the whole thing....i am uploading the rendered images....u guys should be able to point out the mistakes i've made...
                the background image is of a city skyline bt all we can see is the sky and not the city...
                guys... please help...and how do you control the light quality...i jst cnt seem to gt the image proportions right....if u notice ..the background image and the models dont look part of the same environment.. why is that happening??
                the images are low resolution...and the renderings aren't very good but you'll have to excuse me ....i've just started learning it and i really need some help...


                all sky and no city.....


                with horizontal rotation:30,vertical repeat:5....still no city

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