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Started this discussion. Last reply by Rich Hart Aug 2.

HDRi Image Renderings
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Shadows appear very pronounced in the examples of renderings and video tutorials I have been looking at using HDRi images, but whenever I try to render using HDRi, the shadows are very muted and the…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Rich Hart Jul 23.

Shadows and HDRi
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How do you control shadows when you use the HDRi sky + Background preset? When I use it, either the shadows are gone, or at some other angle than in the SketchUp file.Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Phil Nov 8, 2018.

Materials Libraries
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I was watching an old video tutorial on materials for iRender. The tutorial is from 2010 and references a ‘Material Library’ button that will access the nXt libraries. My version of the software…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Rich Hart Nov 8, 2018.

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Rich Hart replied to Phil's discussion Computer Equipment Question

"My laptop fan sometimes gets really loud when rendering also, but I've had the computer overheat. IRender nXt just uses the CPU, so the computer has to try to keep it cool during processing. It might help keep things cool if you set…"

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Computer Equipment Question

My computer fan’s speed increases when I start a rendering. About halfway through the rendering however, it increases dramatically to the point that it is so loud I feel like it is overloading the system to the point that I cancel out of the rendering. I’m on an HP system with a 2.50 GHz Intel Quad Core CPU with 8G ram. Is the issue purely related to the processor?See More

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Rich Hart replied to Phil's discussion HDRi Image Renderings

"The rendering window always stretches or shrinks the rendering to the size of the rendering window, so you can see the whole image display as it's rendering. You can then use this button to toggle between the the resized view or the actual 1:1…"

Jul 23

Phil replied to Phil's discussion HDRi Image Renderings

"Thanks Rich. My problem was that when I select the HDRi sky + background setting, the ‘Sky’ setting is off. Once I click it, the shadows appear. I have noticed however that the settings for my Render Image Size don’t seem to…"

Jul 22

Rich Hart replied to Phil's discussion HDRi Image Renderings

"Try downloading and using an HDRi image from this page that has the type of shadows that you like. https://hdrihaven.com/hdris/category/?c=skies See how they work for you."

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