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    • EarthMoverE Offline
      EarthMover
      last edited by

      Man that IR is crankin' on your i7! Great tutorial and impressive showing of Thea. Silly question, but how do you get your HDRI thumbnails to show up in windows?

      3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
      Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
      Content Creator at Skapeup

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      • marvins_dadM Offline
        marvins_dad
        last edited by

        Thanks - it really helps to see someone moving around the interface to understand where all the controls and boxes are!

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        • soloS Offline
          solo
          last edited by

          Adam, I installed an app a while ago but cannot seem to find it online, I remember it was free and works well.

          Here is a screengrab of the info box.

          The link is dead 😞

          It also creates thumbnails.


          hdr viewer.jpg

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          • EarthMoverE Offline
            EarthMover
            last edited by

            Thanks Pete. I couldn't find it either. Did some searching and came across this freebie though - Sage thumbs - http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=746 Downloaded, installed and all is working well. My HDRI images are now visible.

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

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            • FrederikF Offline
              Frederik
              last edited by

              I don't think the HDRView is the program that will show hdri's as thumbnails...
              (btw - you can get the HDRView here)

              Cheers
              Kim Frederik

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              • soloS Offline
                solo
                last edited by

                I have XNview also, so maybe it's that app which is enabling my thumbnails.

                http://www.solos-art.com

                If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  It was not HDRSHOP ? seems the v1 is free

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                  • FrederikF Offline
                    Frederik
                    last edited by

                    XNview doesn't do the trick, but Adam's find works like a charm... πŸ˜„

                    @earthmover said:

                    Did some searching and came across this freebie though - Sage thumbs - http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=746

                    Cheers
                    Kim Frederik

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                    • B Offline
                      blair
                      last edited by

                      The latest update cersion of XnView will read HDRI's as thumbnails (you can choose the thumbnail size),open them and you can save them as jpg etc. Now, if I could just figure out how to best use them in THEA I could take a little step forward.

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                      • dereiD Offline
                        derei
                        last edited by

                        @solo said:

                        Adam, I installed an app a while ago but cannot seem to find it online, I remember it was free and works well.

                        Here is a screengrab of the info box.

                        The link is dead 😞

                        It also creates thumbnails.

                        The link is here: http://ict.debevec.org/~debevec/FiatLux/hdrview/
                        But I also use XnView

                        DESIGNER AND ARTIST [DEREI.UK](http://derei.uk/l)

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                        • D Offline
                          dtrarch
                          last edited by

                          Solo

                          xnView is it to view hdr files. πŸ‘
                          β˜€
                          dtr

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                          • soloS Offline
                            solo
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            The link is here: http://ict.debevec.org/~debevec/FiatLux/hdrview/
                            But I also use XnView

                            Yup that's the one, faster to open hdri's and show thumbs than both irfanview and xnview.

                            http://www.solos-art.com

                            If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                            • dereiD Offline
                              derei
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                              @solo said:

                              faster to open hdri's and show thumbs than both irfanview and xnview.

                              Indeed, XnViev is a little slow, especially with large HDRIs (and most of them are pretty large).

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                              • W Offline
                                whiterabbit
                                last edited by

                                I do not see a "shadows only" check box in that pallet.

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                                • FrederikF Offline
                                  Frederik
                                  last edited by

                                  @whiterabbit said:

                                  I do not see a "shadows only" check box in that pallet.

                                  This tutorial is dated September 2010 and development on Thea4SU has been tremendous during the past years... πŸ˜‰

                                  I suggest you take a look at the model I've posted here where you can see how the shadow catcher material works... πŸ˜„

                                  Cheers
                                  Kim Frederik

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                                  • soloS Offline
                                    solo
                                    last edited by

                                    Yikes this is an old thread, when I started this my kid was in middle school, now in college, think about that for a moment.

                                    http://www.solos-art.com

                                    If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      I had a 1yr son when you did this.

                                      Now I have 3 sons and grey hairs!

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