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[Max] I need help! / Arranging Lights in Lightmix

« on: 2025-05-02, 12:46:15 »

Hello Professionals,

I am working on a big interior scene with at least 30 lightselects.
Sometimes I need to add new ones and they end up by the end of the list.

does somebody know of a way to rearrange them without losing the values already inputted?

Thank you
Raoul

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General CG Discussion / Re: Creating a High Dynamic Range Image

« on: 2025-03-10, 11:42:01 »

I will try to do so then, thanks!
What image software do you use?

Thank you

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General CG Discussion / Re: Creating a High Dynamic Range Image

« on: 2025-03-10, 11:14:52 »

I like to make visualizations realistic to what the viewers are used to - that could also mean what the market is used to in the region. For example, when they are listing a real estate, they use HDR images to show the interior balanced lighting and shadows especially for dark rooms.

I like photoshop because of the advancement in AI generation and the layer based model. I use several additions in collage mode for example and do not rely solely on the output from the rendering software. I believe it is faster to do so.

32 bits is something that I tried in the past especially for reflection, shadow and refraction passes - the downside is that the region render or if I want to fix something from the rendering software, it is so hard and then I would have to render the whole thing again.

This is why I started by using the 2 extra exposure values up and down to achieve a 16bit from a PNG output with all the blending modes etc.

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General CG Discussion / Re: Creating a High Dynamic Range Image

« on: 2025-03-10, 10:42:53 »

Hey Romullus,

I did not know about it! thank you for the tip.

It is a 32 bits, that means that some blending modes are not available.
I was trying to keep in the 8-16 bits to get the full capability of photoshop.

Switching the mode to 16bits would ruin the HDR right?

Thank you for the reply

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General CG Discussion / Creating a High Dynamic Range Image

« on: 2025-03-10, 10:12:42 »

Hi Guys,

I was wondering if it is a good idea to create a HDR image using the automate -> merge to HDR Pro using photoshop especially for interior visualization.

Here is what I tried to do:
1-I rendered an interior image with the right exposure, then saved 2 brighter (+1.5,+2.5) and 2 darker images (-1.5,-2.5).
2-Added them to Photoshop using the "merge to HDR Pro"

Here is what I got:
1-it worked in one render out of 4 (the others just looked crazy and not right at all)

Question:
Has anybody ever done it? if yes, is it the right way?

Thank you for your expertise,
Raoul