"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Can you tell me to find a good introductory example of incorporating HDRI probes
> into POV-Ray scenes is?
> What makes a "good" probe?
> Can I make my own HDRI probes with POV-Ray?

Adding HDR is really as simple as searching for free HDR probes (there are
lots), download it and add something similar to below to your scene:

sphere  { 0 1 hollow
pigment{ image_map{ hdr "Portsmouth_Probe.hdr" map_type 1 interpolate 2 } }
finish { ambient 1 diffuse 1 emission 3} // use emission to control brightness
scale 4000
no_image // only if you don't want the probe visible
}

However, if using HDR then radiosity becomes pretty much essential or the effect
will not be any good.

I generated a couple of probes many years ago using megapov I recall seeing
something about outputting HDR format from Pov but to be honest unless you have
a great scene it will not compete with a HDR probe generated by taking
photographs.

Sean

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