Set it as texBitmap and load your HDRI file. In the panel Dome Settings add a texture in the slot “Dome Texture“.

15 What is the difference between Vray and Vray next?įirst create a dome light and open the light editor.

13 Which Vray is used for SketchUp 2020?.

11 Can you do a walkthrough on SketchUp?.

6 How do I add a background image in SketchUp VRay?.

4 How do I render a section in VRAY Sketchup?.

3 How do you make a walkthrough in Sketchup VRAY?.

Without dome light there is no good shadow of hdr image. Using dome light and environment background gives us a rotation issue. When doing a proof set to test lighting at every 45 degrees for a few hdri's.I think the same way as yours, thank you.Ĭurrently there is no way to seperate lightning strength and background brightness inside dome light.

It's not the worst thing in the world, but it is a lot of steps to click down in to the heirarchy of each the domelight and then environment to get to the bitmap settings then scroll down and expand the UV section to type in the horizontal rotation for each one. Anyway, when I read kenancakir's post, I thought to myself, 'yeah man, I've frequently wished there was a way to link rotation of domelight and environment hdri's'. When doing a proof set to test lighting at every 45 degrees for a few hdri's. The workflow is to use the same HDRI image, one in domelight with 'invisible' checked, the other in environment or environment override to control the intensity of the background, independent of the domelight intensity which is adjusted separately for proper scene exposure. Whether the background is used in environment or environment override, it would still be helpful to have a way for sync rotation of backround hdri to the dome light hdri, when using this 'two hdri' system. Just to clarify the desired feature request we are talking about :Ī way to link the rotation of HDRI's used for lighting & background. Would be great to have a way to link them. And it is a pain to have to go in and change rotation in each once when trying to set up scene lighting. It is our typical workflow to use same hdri in domelight and envirement to be able to light scene properly and get correct exposure of background. Yes, what you say about the background of dome light getting too bright, is what I was trying to describe. I can get a good resault by rotating both dome and background from uwv settings, but it is easier to use both from dome shape rotation.I think the use of two hdri's, sharp/blurred is outdated, is it not? I usually leave the hdr as background and if i increase the dome value, the hdr gets brighter and it is not good for background, i add the same hdr to environment background, set the brightness i want. As i understand from the videos i watched, sharp images don't give smooth lightning, so they use a lighter and blurred version of the same hdr as environment and use sharper image as background. There are seperate hdr images for environment and for background in some hdr sets. Sounds easy.if I could write programs, I'm sure I could knock it out real quick Similar to how you select materials with a multi-material or Two-Sided.? Thinking a little more about it, seems like the most straight forward method would be to have a switch inside the Dome Light options to 'link environment rotation to dome light'.? ) Maybe something similar to the 'Binding' options in the material editor.? Or maybe possible to create a new vray hdri material, then add a way inside of Dome light options and Environment options to select that material. Not sure what the best solution could be in SU, tho. (in Max we just use an instanced VrayHDRI so we only need to change the rotation of HDRI once to have it updated anywhere used globally. It is a real pain when using this setup to have to adjust rotation settings in each one while trying to get the scene set up.

These two often need separate multipliers, higher for the dome light to light the scene correctly, then a lower environment multiplier to have the background look correct in the render.

I use the dome light to light the scene, then use the environment for the background. But I believe I can comment on this from memory, having run into this problem many times before. I'm just shooting from the hip here because I'm not working on a project using hdri's at the moment.

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