hdri

HDRI test

I test my RICOH Theta SC to see if it can be used for making a Blender's Environment Texture.

The camera's spec

ISO: 100 to 1600
Shutter speed: 1/8000 seconds to 1/8 seconds

I used GIMP for merging images with three different exposures to create a HDR image.

The Sun light is saturated on the picture under the shortest exposure condition(shutter speed 1/8000 ISO 100), so I need to add a Sun light in the scene for casting shadows on the ground.

Test 1

The location of the HDR image: Odaiba district in Tokyo.

Video test (Suzanne)

Camera4.mp4

Dance.mp4

Image test

Image composition test

The background image was taken by my smartphone.

Reference:

• Blender Tutorial: Make Your Own HDR Images (HDRI) using the Ricoh Theta SC(Part 1)
• Blender Tutorial: Make Your Own HDR Images (HDRI) using the Ricoh Theta SC(Part 2)

Test 2

Image composition test (Drone)

The location of the HDR image: a park in Kanagawa, Japan.

A Sun light was added in the scene to enhance the Drone's shadow.

Note that the shadow catcher is not a simple plane.

=> Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9N4XoviSjys

EEVEE shadow catcher

The material below can be used as a shadow catcher for EEVEE.

Reference: https://youtu.be/gzAr3VyLMOY