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At last some HDR panoramas. But 299$? Ouch

cool, but I'll have to sell a kidney first...

Are you guys nuts? 299 bucks for 30 HDRs. That's seems pretty fair to me. Ever have to make a good, high-quality seamless HDR?

What seems crazy is 5oo bucks for a software that is still pretty much unusable unless you spend another 25,000 on a renderfarm so your clients won't die of old age before they see a render.

Nice work Jan.

I am sorry to say Jake that Maxwell is totally USABLE... and yes 299 is expensive...

BTW, I don't see real differences other than color in the renders on the HDRI site...

no no.. I am not nuts...

Well you may not be nuts, but Maxwell is only usable if you have a lifetime to wait, especially with interiors. But, that's not the point of the thread, sorry Jan.

I think there are many variations available and not just variations in color. I don't think you looked closely enough. There are NOT a lot of HDRI's available and I still believe $299 is reasonable,

What would you think would be a fair price?

... man... at least a starter price at 150... for 15 days... no..? fair..?

ok ok there are some slight variations, but none has harsh shadows...

Hervé wrote:... man... at least a starter price at 150... for 15 days... no..? fair..?

ok ok there are some slight variations, but none has harsh shadows...

If you have Photoshop CS2 then you could make the windows as harsh as you want them.

Hervé wrote:ok ok there are some slight variations, but none has harsh shadows...

Yeah, that's a thing I'm always looking for... Some good HDRI-Maps of only skies with clear, bright sun that's creating harsh shadows. Found none so far. I guess the reason is, the cameras don't "like" to be exposed directly toward the sun with not the slightest cloud covering it.
@Jan Häusle: would that be possible to make? I mean, surely it would be a bestseller among architects

SJ wrote:

Hervé wrote:ok ok there are some slight variations, but none has harsh shadows...

Yeah, that's a thing I'm always looking for... Some good HDRI-Maps of only skies with clear, bright sun that's creating harsh shadows. Found none so far. I guess the reason is, the cameras don't "like" to be exposed directly toward the sun with not the slightest cloud covering it.
@Jan Häusle: would that be possible to make? I mean, surely it would be a bestseller among architects

Do you have PhotoshopCS2? Sorry Jan, I'm going to give SJ a tip, but it will cost money.

Go to http://www.1000skies.com/fullpanos/index.html and buy a few of their high-rez panos then convert them to 32-bit radiance files with Photoshop While not TRUE HDRIs, you can fake it a bit by playing with gamma and exposure settings and blending you own multiple exposures.

You are still better off with Jan's work.

They will work quite well.

so Jake, have you bought them.... any render...

Yeah! Various HDRI Sky panoramas.. i woudln't mind spending money on them!!!

Hervé wrote:so Jake, have you bought them.... any render...

Yea, I bought 10 of them. When I get to the office I will post something that uses one of them.

The extremly high resolution is certainly very impressive and i guess that goes hand in hand with the quality aswwell, but i haven't seen what they look like. Would be interesitng to see what they're like rendered. Just wish i could afford them too.. :/

/ Max

I started a new thread on this matter. Sorry to be a distraction Jan. Your HDRI's are very well done and worth every penny.

http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/view ... 889#176889