Match HDRI Lighting to a 3D Ground Plane in Blender
Ground your 3D subject under HDRI lighting in Blender. Match contact, sun direction and camera perspective, then choose a visible plane or shadow catcher.
Read articleExplore Sky 025 HDRI with a cool evening sky, low clouds and warm sunset light. Choose 10K to 1K HDR maps for silhouettes, outdoor lighting and reflections.
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A cool blue evening sky sits above low grey cloud banks and a narrow warm sunset band, while the lower half of the supplied preview is black.
Try this low cloud arrangement for a quiet exterior composition with a warm strip behind the subject. Its horizontal structure can complement a long object or a building roofline. Compare the object against both the warm opening and the darker cloud bank before choosing the final camera direction.
The product page lists 10K, 6K, 3K, 1K files in .hdr format. Choose the resolution for the detail visible in the final camera framing and reflections. The web image above is a compressed preview; use the purchased HDR file to light your scene.
The supplied image shows the sky with black below it. Preserve this layout when previewing the panorama; add your own ground or foreground geometry for a complete scene. The JPEG preview cannot establish the lighting contribution of the purchased map below the horizon.
Learn how to add a ground plane for HDRI lighting so that your objects have local contact shadows. Use the Blender HDRI lighting workflow to load and rotate the environment.
Compare Violet Sunset Sky HDRI to compare a restrained blue evening horizon with a more violet sunset palette. Keep your material and exposure fixed to make the comparison useful.
Compare Sky 027 Cloudy Sunset HDRI to compare warm cloud breaks with a lower, more horizontal evening cloud bank.
Browse the HDRI lighting collection to combine environment, lighting and scene filters.
Photographed in Italy. The creator identifies the panorama as a photographic capture in Italy. The catalog image is a compressed preview of that environment.
Ground your 3D subject under HDRI lighting in Blender. Match contact, sun direction and camera perspective, then choose a visible plane or shadow catcher.
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Read articleExplore a violet sunset sky HDRI with purple cloud layers and a warm horizon. Choose 12K to 2K unclipped maps for colorful product and exterior lighting.
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