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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
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        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.

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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.

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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
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                      @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

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                      • D Offline
                        dtrarch
                        last edited by

                        Solo

                        xnView is it to view hdr files. πŸ‘
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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.

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                          • dereiD Offline
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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.

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                                  • Rich O BrienR Offline
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                                    I had a 1yr son when you did this.

                                    Now I have 3 sons and grey hairs!

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