Lesson 9 | V-Ray HDRI

Lesson by Ciro Sannino | Official 5SRW study material

You can use an HDRI map to light a scene with an environement :

VIDEO

CONCEPTS:

Use V-Ray Light in “Dome” mode (units = default, dont’ use watts!)

Load the Hdri map in the V-Ray Light – Texture channel

Increase multiplier to increase the light in the scene

Use “horizintal rotation” to rotate the environment

EXERCISE:

Download this file and repeat the same procedure you watched in the video.

ES09 -VRAY HDRI.ZI

OBJ Version

A sample hdri map is included in the pack

Note:

Hdri maps are for objects, cars, exteriors: everything has no cover on the top.
Hdri maps don’t affect interiors very much (useless for this case)

Always use GOOD and BIG hdri maps. Free HDRI are usually low quality maps