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.hdr apllied to a sphere in cinema is not working.
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:25 pm
by carpp
It shows just black. ibl as environment works great. Any ideas?
cinea 4d R11. maxwell 2. OS 10.6.
Re: .hdr apllied to a sphere in cinema is not working.
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:00 pm
by JDHill
Exactly how do you apply the HDR to the sphere -- Cinema material, Maxwell material? If Cinema, how is it built? Is the camera inside or outside of the sphere? Would be best if you send me (jeremy at nextlimit dot com) a simple scene, in Cinema format, which shows the problem.
Re: .hdr apllied to a sphere in cinema is not working.
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:16 am
by mashium123
carpp wrote:It shows just black. ibl as environment works great. Any ideas?
cinea 4d R11. maxwell 2. OS 10.6.
normals inverted?
Re: .hdr apllied to a sphere in cinema is not working.
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 12:13 pm
by carpp
i just send my test scene to you!
Re: .hdr apllied to a sphere in cinema is not working.
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:31 pm
by JDHill
Just select your Kugel object, and then use the Cinema command Functions > Reverse Normals. Maxwell emitters emit light in the direction of the normals of the mesh to which they are applied; since your camera is inside of your Kugel sphere, you cannot see the light emitted by the HDRI unless you reverse its normals so that they point inwards.
Re: .hdr apllied to a sphere in cinema is not working.
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:35 pm
by carpp
yeah the normals. thanks mesut and jeremy!!!!