Twilight Render User Forum

Thanks, Fletch. That's a good article. Maybe that will show me how HDR editors ought to work. I thought you had to have control of each exposure to make them come out clearly, or create the more vivid look (often exaggerated) in HDR photography. I saw that before. but my HDR did not come out as usab...

I updated my profile. Maybe there's a clue.

Using Twilight 2.13.7 Pro. Gimp 2.10.8

I did find this plugin which may have been developed for pre-floating-point GIMP but maybe will try it on an HDR. https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimpsimulatehdr/

Thanks. Yes. It seems in GIMP you can create the different exposures, given an HDR image (I don't find a plugin or process to automate it). There is 32 bit floating point support. I haven't got a usable HDRI into GIMP from my rendering yet, but will experiment more. As I noted above. It just looks b...

I have seen that working with different exposures of the render (as adjusted in the render window) and imported as layers in GIMP helps me make a better interior image. I adjusted the brightness, gamma, and temperature and output 4-5 different images, a few of which were useful in blending. I was fi...

How about non-facebook web pages? Is it the same process?

Another test

Thanks Fletch! Adding some contrast in the colors can help make the reflections more vibrant. It may be that the floor in the photograph is actually a darker material and the light parts only come from reflecting the objects--so it feels deeper and has more of a value range. I am trying for a less l...

This is test is according to Fletch's method, using the Advanced Reflection (concrete mapped--customized). Used the inverted procedural twlrock as in his example and adjusted the numbers. Works for me. (I can't seem to avoid the slab taking up so much of the wall color). (There is SO much else I sho...

This is great!

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Thanks for the help everyone,