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is there a free starter lightset for iray newb?

MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
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qualifier - keep rendering time under 20 minutes for 1920x1080px

thanks 

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  • ToborTobor Posts: 2,300

    You already have it: it's the "Ruins" HDR image that comes with D|S. It's activated when using the Iray render defaults. It's not a light set at all, but an image that projects light into the scene with enough detail for a nicely diffuse (but still visible) ground shadow.

    There are other free HDRi's you can find on the Web. For non-commercial, one of the best is the "Pixar Campus" HDRi. Google and you'll find it.

    How long it takes to render your scene depends on many factors apart from lighting. No telling if 20 minutes is enough. Using just an HDRi is generally the most efficient lighting.

  • mtl1mtl1 Posts: 1,508

    There are plenty of freebie meshlights you can find online too, either on shareCG or deviantart.

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,098
    And if you remove the environmental map and turn dome on, you have a free blue sky and sun thing which you can fiddle with. (Probably want environment set to .5 and Haze set to 1 to see the sun decently)
  • fred9803fred9803 Posts: 1,565
    timmins.william said:
    And if you remove the environmental map and turn dome on, you have a free blue sky and sun thing which you can fiddle with. (Probably want environment set to .5 and Haze set to 1 to see the sun decently)

    What are you doing here Will? Thought you were on holidays. Just coundn't resist....... could you!

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,098

    I got back a few days ago. Now just waiting for the kids to get back to school. ugh

    (Son has sinus infection, so we can't go swimming, and whether turned rainy and cold, so we can't go to the park... aargh)

     

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