XDepth HDR For LightWave 3D

+ Trellis Management Co. Ltd. announces XDepth HDR for NewTek LightWave 3D. XDepth is a revolutionary digital imaging technology bringing High-Depth and High Dynamic Range features to the popular Jpeg format. One month after the wide success of the XDepth plugin for Adobe Photoshop , XDepth now appears in the realm of 3D animation and visual effects. XDepth HDR for LightWave 3D is the world's first High Dynamic Range image compression solution for 3D animation and visual effects, allowing storage of high quality HDR images at a fraction of the space normally required while maintaining full compatibility with the Jpeg format.

VFX production studios , professional artists and animators using LightWave 3D will now be able to output storage-intensive HDR sequences, transfer large amounts of HDR images over the network and extensively employ high-resolution HDR textures for rendering with all the additional benefits of a compressed image format like Jpeg. XDepth technology also allows 3D applications to keep HDR textures compressed in memory, by means of custom implementations, thus drastically reducing RAM usage for HDR-intensive scenes. XDepth HDR for LightWave 3D is available to download free of charge for Windows users at www.xdepth.com .

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Do you know a digital 50 mega pixel camera, taking full-spherical HDR-images, in one single shot?

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Luxology Highlights Use of modo in Marketing and Advertising Image Production

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Multi-channel OpenEXR Plugins for After Effects

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HDR Lighting in 3ds Max

+ AEC Magazine has published a very nice article by Darren Brooker, about interior lighting methods available within 3ds Max and explores the role of HDR in lighting your 3d scene with both 3ds Max and combustion. This is the last part of their four-part series on lighting in 3ds Max. In this, the last part of this series Darren explains use of mental ray to create High Dynamic Range (HDR) images, which can then be used to light and relight your scene, with the help of combustion.................................some real nice tips, so guys have a look...................Tutorial Link!

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REALVIZ® HDR Imaging Studio

REALVIZ® HDR Imaging Studio Now Available

+ Sophia Antipolis, France (June 22, 2007) - REALVIZ®, a leader in image processing software development, is pleased to announce the availability ofthe REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio. The REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio, combines Stitcher® 5.6, VTour 1.2 HDR and Photomatix Pro, and is the only software bundle available today for the creation of HDR environments for virtual reality, industrial design, special effects and video game applications, starting from digital snapshots and panoramas. With Stitcher 5.6, users can build HDR panoramas and directly export them as environment maps in their favorite 3D package. VTour 1.2 HDR now also enables digital content creators, for the first time ever, to add depth information to their HDR environment maps for Spatial Image-Based Lighting (SIBL). The REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio is available in English for Windows®. REALVIZ are currently offering 15% discount on purchases of the HDR Imaging Studio bundle until 30. June 2007..................RealViz HDR Imaging Studio!!

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REALVIZ® Stitcher® Unlimited 5.6

Latest Release Adds Mac Universal Binary & HDR Compatibility
+ Sophia Antipolis, France (May 24, 2007) - REALVIZ®, a leader in image processing software development, is pleased to announce the availability of version 5.6 of their award-winning software, Stitcher ® Unlimited. Now firmly established as one of the most powerful and widely recognized image stitching applications on the market, Stitcher enables the creation of high-quality panoramas and 360° virtual tours. Version 5.6, which is available from this week, introduces Mac® Universal compatibility, as well as HDRI capabilities. A Japanese-language version is also scheduled for release later this spring, in addition to the existing English and French versions of the software.

Whats New in Version 5.6:
Full HDR compatibility (High Dynamic Range)
- Create projects, which combine under- and over-exposed areas in the same panorama.
- Complete interoperability with the external tools available on the market for image tone mapping.

- Compatibility with the most commonly used HDRI image file formats: OpenEXR, RGBE (.hdr).

Universal Binary for Macintosh, as well as a Toolkit change

- New template flash, easier to use. You can use it directly without any HTML code modifications.

For further details on REALVIZ Stitcher Unlimited, please visit: http://stitcher.realviz.com.

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HDRShop 2 And Some Free New High-Res. HDRI Available

- Some New High-Resolution Light Probes (HDRI) by University of Southern California are available for free download. Recently HDR Shop 2.0 has been released under a commercial license or an academic license. But, this time HDRShop 2.0 is not available for free download for non-commercial/personal use. If you're interested in creating your own high dynamic range images, the HDRShop package developed at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies is now available. HDRShop allows users to open and manipulate HDR images, assemble a sequence of exposures into a single HDR image, and warp images to and from different panoramic formats. One of the easiest ways to create a light probe image is to acquire a high dynamic range image of a mirrored ball; other techniques involve stitching multiple images together (such as with RealViz's Stitcher), or using a scanning panoramic camera's. All of the probes listed here were constructed as multi-image panoramas................download free HDRI !!
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Sachform Released HDRI Collection PANObase Vol.1

- Sachform Technology has announced the release of new HDRI -panorama product "PANObase Vol.1". A collection of Ultra-High-Res texture maps in HDR-format (High Dynamic Range Image).With this products, Sachform Technology continues the successfull line of highquality products aimed at the professional User. The Ultra-High Resolution of these HDR Images is 8000x4000 pixels, that is the double of previous Sachform products. Each of the 30 HDR-images is enclosed in 3 different HDR- and 2 different LDR-variations. The highres versions (8000x4000 in color and b/w) are well suited for most job-situations where a reflection-environment is needed. You may also download [free samples] from Sachform website..................[Link*]!!
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Download 58 Free HDRI

- Download free and very useful HDRI images, for creating reflections and simulating realistic lighting in a 3d scene. The format of mapping is spherical, of size 512x256 pixels ; sufficient for creating decent effects of reflections..............Download HDRI!
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Hyperfocal HDRI Skies

- 14 new HDRI Skies have been added to the Hyperfocal Design store, bringing the total to 26. A new pdf is available that catalogues the entire range of images and can be found in the samples section of the store. Hyperfocal's HDRI Skies are unique, in that they feature the highest resolution images in the industry at 10,000X5,000 pixels with up to 16 stops of dynamic range. Visit their store to view the HDRIs and related product information.
Tags: HDR . HDRI . Global Illumination

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Download HDRI For Free!

Download Free HDRI...............source:CGI
- Good HDRI are hard to find especially the free and unique ones. Download these free HDRI for using them in 3D applications to render real world lighting situations and realistic reflections. HDRI means High Dynamic Range Image; a normal 24 bit image is called a Low Dynamic Range image. For example in a 24 bit image, a white wall pixel is as bright as a white pixel of the sky. In fact, the pixel of the sky should be many times brighter! HDR images contain this information and therefore can be used to accurately light 3D scenes.
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IBL Tools Beta 7 for win32 Released!!

Download , Image Based Lighting Tools Beta 7 for win32

- Image Based Lighting, Tools beta 7 for win32 has been released. Image Based Lighting Tools is used for efficient illumination by high dynamic range images(HDRI).Tools currently included in the suite: 1) lightMapGen - generates importance sampling light maps from HDR images. 2) lightMapGen_loader.mel - create a "dome" of lights from a lightMapGen light map in Maya. 3) sphericalLight - mental ray light shader which reads lightMapGen light maps.Online Documentation is also available.........Link!!
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GI - using HDRI and MentalRay for Maya!!

GI - using HDRI and MentalRay(FinalGather) for Maya
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- So you want to get Real Bro...?? And you think global illumination and realism is hard to achieve??.......Answer is Big No.......Tough! May be, - three years back down the lane. But since software’s has been evolved so much with new technology, that achieving Realism is much more dependent on your hardware configuration, rather than software. This is where CG artists creativity and experience comes into picture, moreover his/her ability to tweak the scene n software setting, for cutting-short huge Rendering time......anyways herez a nice tutorial for new comers, who just have entered the world of superficial world of GI and Realism!!....High Dynamic Range Image (HDRI) lightning is a method that can achieve photorealistic rendering with Mental Ray Final Gather.You can simulate extremely realistic outdoors lightning to illuminate you're scene.........Tutorial link!!
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Announcing, World's First HDR Video Contest !!

Announcing, World's First HDR video contest !!

-BrightSide Technologies, a world leader in HDR imaging, announces a video contest for the best HDR imagery. Contest winner will be given an all expenses paid trip to Siggraph 2006 in Boston, where their work will be featured at the show. BrightSide is looking for creative ideas for videos using the full capacity of HDR Technology to "Display The Real World". As a guideline, the organizers suggest that successful entries show high contrast content.
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