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Just Bought UltraHD IRAY HDRI With DOF - Seaside Resort - Now What?

tristanthorne1997tristanthorne1997 Posts: 241
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https://www.daz3d.com/ultrahd-iray-hdri-with-dof-seaside-resort

No instructions of how to load anything into scene. If I start with a blank scene, what do I need to do to load the background, etc? I am just getting error messages.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,872
    edited January 2018

    I don't own it, but according to the readme file list, it looks like you should have some presets to load it. Look in the Content Library under Light Presets/Cake and Bob/DOF and Light Presets/Cake and Bob/No DOF. Those presets should load an HDRI image into the Render Settings. You won't see the background until you render or use Iray preview mode. Or, you can preview the HDRI background in Texture Shaded preview with the IBL Master tool that is sold in the store.

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,837
    edited January 2018

    Usually HDRIs for Iray are Render Settings, applying the map to the environment dome setting. What is the error you are getting? How did you install?

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  • tristanthorne1997tristanthorne1997 Posts: 241

    There are several thumnails that say Render, but that's really it. I have some other HDRI sets that come with files labeled as "Backgrounds" that I can just click and load, but this set doesn't have any "Backgrounds".

    Nothing happens when I click the Seaside Resort Render Files under DOF and No DOF. The Utilities Folder just has Brightness and Dome Rotation buttons. See Capture 1 below. Capture 2 shows another HDRI set that has "Backgrounds".

    When I click to load a Seaside file (same file, just different resolutions and with or without DOF) it just says "Error loading....see error log". 

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,872

    You are getting hung up on filenames. Note that in both products, the thumbnails have the yellow label of Render at the top. In both products, the presets are Render Settings presets. In both products, double clicking the preset should load the HDRI into the Render Settings.

    • Did you look in the Render Settings pane, Editor tab, Environment section? In Environment Map, you should see a small square showing that an HDRI map was loaded.
    • Have you rendered. As I said above, you won't see the loaded background until you render or use Iray preview or IBL Master.

     

  • tristanthorne1997tristanthorne1997 Posts: 241
    edited January 2018

    Thanks, barbult and Richard. I figured it out through trial and error, and now that I have it successfully loaded, I will just save it as a scene and then I can pull it up when I need to. 

    Also, the product comes with something called a Bonus Beach Scene that is found under Runtime > Textures. he file extension is HDR, as opposed to DUF or DSON. 

    What is an HDR file and how do I load it? 

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,837

    If there isn't a preset, open the Render Settings pane and in the Editor tab click the Environment group in the list on the left, make sure Environment Mode is Dome Only or Dome and Scene, and click the image button next to the slider under Environment Map, select Browse..., and then use the file dialogue to select the HDR map.

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