Using Light Probes and Angular Mapping

Bart · April 20, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HVBRznYfajI#!

SpiritCrisis writes:

This is a basic overview of how to set up a Ang map/ using probes/ using visible background images.

I have a LONG history with Blender - I wrote some of the earliest Blender tutorials, worked for Not a Number and helped run the crowdfunding campaign that open sourced Blender (the first one on the internet!). I founded BlenderNation in 2006 and have been editing it every single day since then ;-) I also run the Blender Artists forum and I'm Community Lead at n8n.

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Andrew Porter

20 April 2012 at 07:26

It sounds like Jack Black doing a tutorial. I am enjoying it.

Lalror

20 April 2012 at 08:27

I like the way he says “the internets” and “the googles” its pretty awesome.

Jalik
20 April 2012 at 09:52
Yeah I heard that.. amazin
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Kirill Poltavets
20 April 2012 at 16:50
Then you should find “Justified” series on waves of Internet… After you’ll see first moments of this dancy-fancy serial… you’ll be cuming :D I swear it’s a f***ng “south whoopee do” :) !
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Zander Nicolic

20 April 2012 at 09:46

Useful tutorial, and nicely done.
Let me ask a question (@SpiritCrisis, if he likes to answer): Where is he from? I love the accent, but, not being native myself, I’m unable to locate it.

James McGee
23 April 2012 at 02:25
Thanks for watching :). I am actually from Alabama lol but I try to use a range of inflections and accents to keep people entertained since most tutorials are very boring and not to mention lacking in explaining material.
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Dee

20 April 2012 at 12:11

Just to comment on the content:
If you want the light probe to illuminate the objects in a photorealistic manner, do not use ambient occlusion, but use environment lighting at strength 1 with sky texture. If it is a full and proper HDRI, you don’t need to add more lights.

mzungu
20 April 2012 at 13:32
…and switch to cycles. (BTW, is cycles handling HDRIs correctly these days? I had peeked at some threads on BA about patches to allow it to take advantage of the full dynamic range – but didn’t understand most of it, and not sure where cycles development is ATM…)
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1. Artorp
  20 April 2012 at 20:42
  Never had any problems with HDRi on Cycles myself.
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