Goerlich Apartment

[Designerman77]

Hey Gabriel, thanks for your reply and the HDRs.

I was quite amused, too, as I normally also use only HDRs. Would have expected way worse results with a PNG as lighting source. :)))))

[mutilo]

Super nice!

Great interior design, color grading, contrasts & lighting.
Pleasing to the eye.

and the fireplace is very beautiful and elegant. Congratulations again

[Designerman77]

Hey Gabriel,

I tested your HDRs - according to your screenshot... darkened / strongly lowered exposure.
Gives that nice soft light with neutral colors.
Hmmm... wondering why I have never tried to mess with HDRs like this before?

And one more thing we know now: cropping an HDR, so you have a nice big sun also gives that nice, soft homogenous light, most of us desperately look for.
Even if it´s a PNG in the end. :))))


In another post, some guy asked how to get a super uniform lighting in interiors. I guess this is the way. LOL

[GabrielFP]

Hey Gabriel,

I tested your HDRs - according to your screenshot... darkened / strongly lowered exposure.
Gives that nice soft light with neutral colors.
Hmmm... wondering why I have never tried to mess with HDRs like this before?

And one more thing we know now: cropping an HDR, so you have a nice big sun also gives that nice, soft homogenous light, most of us desperately look for.
Even if it´s a PNG in the end. :))))


In another post, some guy asked how to get a super uniform lighting in interiors. I guess this is the way. LOL

One thing I have always wanted to try thoroughly is to use a sunless hdri in enviroment and use a light with the texture of the sun. That way you can control the position of the sun, the intensity and changing the size of the light, the type of shadow. All this without having to modify the HDRi in PS.

I don't know if it would work well, since I imagine someone must have tried it already and we all still use unmodified hdri's, but I'd like to give it a try sometime

[romullus]

What would be benefits of your suggested workflow vs HDRI + Corona sun? I think the latter would be easier to set-up, more flexible and would render faster.

[GabrielFP]

What would be benefits of your suggested workflow vs HDRI + Corona sun? I think the latter would be easier to set-up, more flexible and would render faster.

I really don't know. Like I said, I've never tried it. I didn't say to use a corona sun because I never liked the shadow it produces, but maybe it's more practical with corona sun.

[Designerman77]

What would be benefits of your suggested workflow vs HDRI + Corona sun? I think the latter would be easier to set-up, more flexible and would render faster.

I really don't know. Like I said, I've never tried it. I didn't say to use a corona sun because I never liked the shadow it produces, but maybe it's more practical with corona sun.

Lately I tried (as a test) to light a scene with HDR and with Corona SKY + Sun as similarly as possible. It is well possible with very similar results, including similar sun & shadow.
Only difference, of course, the HDR has a more colorful light.