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Leovenous · 22-01-2004, 11:56 PM

I would think so. It may be a shader thing. I am still thinking that it is possible to fake an HDR image, either by combining two of the same images with different costrast (or ambience, if you are into tweaking LAB colors, in Photoshop) in HDRshop. Or doing something similar with renders in LW... that is, highly varied lighting.

I know anything done with the Photoshop idea would still be somewhat of a faux HDR, but if it works in the rendering that in most cases I think it would be good enough for me. But it seems possible that the real thing is possible with the right rendering in LW.

As long as you can accomplish the right depth of range, HDRshop can twist images into the necessarry spherical.

I feel like I am in the dark but about the find the golden key.

22-01-2004, 11:56 PM	#17
Leovenous Full Access Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 367	I would think so. It may be a shader thing. I am still thinking that it is possible to fake an HDR image, either by combining two of the same images with different costrast (or ambience, if you are into tweaking LAB colors, in Photoshop) in HDRshop. Or doing something similar with renders in LW... that is, highly varied lighting. I know anything done with the Photoshop idea would still be somewhat of a faux HDR, but if it works in the rendering that in most cases I think it would be good enough for me. But it seems possible that the real thing is possible with the right rendering in LW. As long as you can accomplish the right depth of range, HDRshop can twist images into the necessarry spherical. I feel like I am in the dark but about the find the golden key.