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A Poser-only version of HDR Light Studio is not on the cards at the moment, so in the meantime, Lightmap are offering a 30% discount on HDR Light Studio – Complete to OctaneRender for Poser users. If you would like to take up this offer, pls PM me and I will send you the discount coupon. This offer finishes at the end of Sep 2014.

When you have the 'Complete' version, you will need to manually do the final render of the HDR map in HDR Light Studio - however I will amend the plugin so it does this for you and then automatically puts the resulting file in the environment texture.

Paul

face_off wrote:The Poser-only version of HDR Light Studio is so time off, so in the meantime, Lightmap are offering a 30% discount on HDR Light Studio (full version) to OctaneRender for Poser users. If you would like to take up this offer, pls PM me and I will send you the discount coupon. This offer finishes at the end of Sep 2014.

When you have the 'Complete' version, you will need to manually do the final render of the HDR map in HDR Light Studio - however I will amend the plugin so it does this for you and then automatically puts the resulting file in the environment texture.

Paul

Awesome Paul!!!! Thank you for this! Let me check my finances....

Quick question tho - will this discount be the equivelant of the special Poser pricing? OR, should I wait and see what they come up with for Poser/Octane users?

OR, should I wait and see what they come up with for Poser/Octane users?

I don't know - but my best guess is that the Poser-only version would be the same price as the 30% discount.

Paul

When you have the 'Complete' version, you will need to manually do the final render of the HDR map in HDR Light Studio

I was gonna report that as a bug, but since it is already a known problem
Had it happen to me once that I closed the scene, didn't render the HDRi afterwards and reopened the scene the next day just to find that my whole lighting was gone

Had it happen to me once that I closed the scene, didn't render the HDRi afterwards and reopened the scene the next day just to find that my whole lighting was gone

The HDR Light Studio light setup/positions/etc are NOT saved in the Poser scene. So when you get the full version - you need to save the HDR Light Studio project (in HDR Light Studio). Then you can reload it if you need to change the HDR Map at later stage.

Paul

Yup, that's how I always solved that so far.
Saving the HDRi-Project in HDRI Studio Pro, then first loading the Poser scene and after that opening the project in HDRI Light Studio Pro afterwards.

Maybe you could include a message that pops up before you close an image lit with HDRI Studio Pro that tells you to save the hdri - otherwise the lighting won't be saved.

The idea of using such a new toy in Octane is quite tempting tho .. even at this price =)

I think I have an idea, of how HDR LS will work on "open" scenes.
But how can/will it support rendering closed, or better said indoor scenes?

The trick is to leave one wall of the room open just as you would on a movie set.
I've been achieving great results with that technique.
Because the concern you're voicing here is justified - if you have a scene with four walls, a roof and a floor, the light from the HDRi won't be getting inside your scene. Only maybe if you have windows.

If you want, you can check out my gallery here: http://trrazor.deviantart.com/

Ah, that's what I thought.
Thanks for clarifying, TR!

... and quite some nice renders there, on your site.

You're most welcome - and thanks for the comment, appreciate it