Blender HDRI Render Effect

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I have been running render test with Blenders internal renderer with HDRI images. I was wondering if the HDRI effect is present with and without ambient occlusion applied? Do you havbe to use ambient occlusion to get HDRI to work with Blenders internal rendering?

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As far as I know blender internal doesn’t support HDRI … THere was a small tut a few pages back wich uses Anglemaps in comination with AO to ‘simulate’ HDRI …

Maybe I’m wrong …

md01

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You’re right. If you set it up correctly, Blender’s AO function uses the angmap image as the color for rays that don’t hit other faces (aren’t occluded). Not true HDRI-based lighting, but it sure looks nice.

And no, JA, if you don’t use AO, you won’t get any benefit.

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Thanks for your responses.

I figured that Harkyman. Maybe in the future we will have this option for rendering.