

Secondly, the reflections match and light is much more realistic. When used in rendering, this offers two advantages.įirstly, because a HDR file typically captures a 360 degree view of a scene, there is little need for the user to set-up ‘scenery’ in which to place their digital products. In specifics, each pixel stores not only the colour of the light at that particular point, but also its intensity.

HDR brings the ability to store a much higher level of information about the lighting within a specific scene. The use of High Dynamic Range (HDR) images as the basis for lighting set-ups in rendering is nothing particularly new it’s the adoption by mainstream tools that is.Īdd customisable lights and colour to match your product’s requirements, material etc While progressive rendering allows us to take advantage of the incredibly powerful multi-core hardware in basic workstations and laptops, another piece of technology is making the set-up of those scenes much easier.

With the likes of Bunkspeed, SolidWorks/ Luxology and some forthcoming technology from ARTVPS, photorealistic rendering has moved from becoming a complex and time consuming process, to something readily achievable by the majority. The rendering world today is radically different from that of two years ago and the rise of the progressive renderer is seemingly unstoppable. But what if you want to adapt HDR scenes for specific requirements? Al Dean gets all excited by a new product that can do just that. HDR Light Studio 1.0 – Modern rendering tools use HDR images to create realistic lighting and scenery – a kind of virtual camera for digital products.
