HDR Light

[Elele]

Hi,

Is there a way to turn up the lighting intensity of an hdri image, loaded as a RGB image in the HDRI texture environment, independently of the exposure of the image in the render?

HDRI's never give enough light in renders, and if I turn up the exposure or power of the image it gets overexposed.

Thanks

[face_off]

If you are using a HDR or IBL image, then the gamma should be set to 1, not the default 2.2. That may resolve your issue.

Paul

[Elele]

That also changes the image. Is there a way to adjust the light intensity without changing the way the image looks?

[face_off]

That also changes the image. Is there a way to adjust the light intensity without changing the way the image looks?

Set the Environment Texture Power to a number greater than 1 (do this by entering a number in the power edit box rather than with the slider).

Paul