Custom HDRI's for PhotoRealism | FULL WORKFLOW

[@daviakira2526]

"wow let me see this random tutorial youtube recommended herWOW IT'S CLINT HE HAS HIS OWN CHANNEL WHAT"

[@pwnisher]

Mwuahahahah!

[@nhggr]

@@pwnisher lol

[@sanybalkanaciairsoft3253]

Exactly my reaction.

[@longjohn7992]

@@pwnisher GOOD LOED CLINT U GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK But fr... U deserve a subscribe *BOOM* subscribed

[@andrewparker318]

This was exactly my reaction haha

[@SirWrender]

This video is sooooo good Clint!

[@pwnisher]

Thanks Wren :D

[@sherlockmaverick]

Make videos on your channel too, Wren!

[@AA-ld6eo]

@@pwnisher @pwnisher Every time i do Tone in ACR, by HDRI gets completly over contrasted, and it is also dark...pls help

[@MeatBeatElite]

yo wren

[@rishitchakraborty1845]

Why does he look like the corridor crew guy?

[@pwnisher]

cuz i bE dAt gUy1

[@slicebattle]

Its CGI

[@UnexpectedCreativeStudios]

Deepfake or is it a Derpfake? 🤣

[@jaiadhitya.k]

Wow, clint has his own channel, and does not have any connection to corridor digital. That's crazy, and you are a greate teacher too.

[@pwnisher]

Many thanks my friend =]

[@emilthilsing]

why aren't you my uncle??

[@lightning8542]

Dude. I needed this. I am making a short film with a cg as a main character. On top of that my insta 360 is arriving tomorrow. Its perfect. Thanks Clint.

[@pwnisher]

Oh heeeeeeck yeah =] Join the discord server and let me know if you have questions.

[@lightning8542]

@@pwnisher Done! Yow, I followed this tutorial and was able to make this kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpiul3efl9icm7M. A little bit rusty on the motion tracking side of things but I was able to create a somewhat realistic render in blender. Custom HDRIs are sick. I've thrown in a reflection pass as well. Awesome stuff.

[@smaldenjoveson]

I just clicked on this video because it looked interesting, but then I was like, "OH MY GOSH! THAT'S CLINT from Corridor!" ur my favorite Corridor guy

[@pwnisher]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@TheAndersDanilet]

You could have said “It would be like Frodo marching all the way to Mordor, and at the end he’s like “I am just gonna keep the ring for myself”... which is what actually happened... in history.

[@Brickhaedbored]

hi need help i went to photoshop at the end 7:26 you said go to save as in go to the save as type in when i go to it doesn't have it what should i do is there a setting i have to turn on please help

[@marshall3026]

Dude how did you get yourself moving in the reflection of the cg ball?

[@pwnisher]

I just film a plate of me doing my action then throw that up on a 3d card in my scene.

[@MorganLBell-bv4me]

@@pwnisher Gonna need a tutorial just for this

[@theslashr]

@@MorganLBell-bv4me I don't know if you still need an answer but basically for the intro part he put in the scene a plane with his video on (with him moving) so the ball is catching that reflection, you can see that he rendered it without the video right after the video (where there's only the still HDRI reflected even if he's moving). That's a step after dealing with your HDRI environment and camera so that you can mess with the scene and add objects

[@pepsimanHD]

How do you create video HDRIs? I noticed the reflections on the sphere were in real time.

[@JacobGorny]

Maybe he recorded the tutorial at the table with the 360 on the table where the sphere is while also using the full frame camera and then brought those clips in as the environment for the sphere render (but hidden from the stage) and sync its timeline with the main clip, might not even need to track since both cameras would be stationary, just a composite. Just a guess.

[@prequelstud]

wait corridor crew content and Clint content :0 I'm spoiled

[@putruck3d322]

Been waiting for a tutorial like this forever. Thank you so much

[@pwnisher]

Glad I finally finished this thing! Can't wait to do more!

[@lthenoiseinsidel]

Me too! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@RKV1700]

Oh Hey Man Remeber Me From Insta 😂🙌🙏♥️

[@thegiantguy]

Do you use reverse footage (filming the camera man) to get live reflections? Or do you just use hdri?

[@kendarr]

Check out Andrew lebrov video, it goes much more in depth with the dslr approach

[@CraftWorksVideos]

Another method is photographing a chrome ball, it will not give the level of the detail as a 360 camera, but for quick and dirty hdris it works quite well, especially if you're on a tight budget.

[@rroblez196]

as a beginner student of this huge universe i have to say that you make me love my career even more❤️

[@pwnisher]

This brings me a lot of joy! So glad to hear this! I can;t wait for the next video.

[@tonybloomberg2962]

PLEASE! never stop doing tutorials like this.

[@ai-gen-studio]

How do you actually include your movement to the hdri , are you just using some masked transformed video in low opacity on your subject ?

[@Yuco1410]

thinking the same thing. is HDRI video possible? does that even emit natural light same as the HDRI picture? he even showed an example here @0:04

[@21EC]

0:26 - But simply taking a regular picture with a single exposure setting (average) never looks like the one on the right side..it looks normal like left side image..that is what I don't get about it.

[@sottozen]

Love it :)

[@pwnisher]

Thanks for watching!!

[@monkeymode5652]

It's the price of like a large LA coffee... Alright, I'll take out a second mortgage

[@GLAKJack]

Can you make an HDRI for a moving scene???.... so, if I have something moving in the scene, it properly reflects that object as it moves?????

[@pwnisher]

If you're trying to have it reflect your environment, just take your HDRI from the average middle point of your scene. Doesn't matter how big it is. You can also roll a video and throw it onto cards that your reflective object might reflect. It's how Wren did the first shot of Anime Self Driving Cars, or how I did the couple shots in this tutorial that show my moving reflection.

[@RKV1700]

Hey Clint Love Your Work and Ohh Love Your Live Streams And Yes This Vid is Very very Informative thanks For Uploading ♥️🙏

[@lainekelly4736]

@pwnisher How did you get your video reflection on the ball? Please do a tutorial on that. So good!

[@terryrhuebottom]

So is there a certain lens that works best for HDRI's when using a DSLR camera?

[@reddcube]

I really like this shorter tutorial. Also liked watching your 3D Motion Show presentation. Any plans for more tutorial instead of live streams? Or maybe just some shorter recaps of live streams?

[@pwnisher]

Absolutely! I have a surface imperfection tutorial in the works, and a couple after that. The shorter tuts will start to worked in a regular content.

[@RonaldFinger]

I had absolutely no idea Photoshop could auto-stitch everything together like that. This helps immensely!

[@pwnisher]

Oh yeah! Time-saver no doubt.

[@RonaldFinger]

Haha, I definitely wasn’t manually stitching anything though! I’ve just taking panoramas with my phone and saying “ehh that’s good enough”

[@gipen]

any free workflow?

[@scatmancrothers]

doesn't the insta 360 one r take hdri photos automatically?

[@twistedwizardry5153]

Does anyone know if free photo programs can still accomplish this? I’m trying to keep Adobe products off my computer

[@aidanfordsword6954]

Same

[@SereneBobcat]

Not free but give affinity photos a look, it's not a subscription model and it does everything photoshop can do and it cause like 50 dollars.

[@Warclimb64]

oh nice! I just bought a Insta360 to fool around... and thanks to you I have a pourpouse now. BTW.. Cool glasses!

[@w_szon3115]

Very cool video! One thing, you don't actually need that many positions for HDRI shot with a DSLR (usually 6/7 positions) It's still is a lot more work than 360camera though :D

[@bokekproduction7473]

.hdr didnt appear in my save as, does anyone know why?

[@KeeganLarwin]

Yo, this is exactly my workflow! Pieced it together from like 100 tutorials over the years. Man I wish I had this video back then. It would have saved me SO MUCH time!

[@pwnisher]

Yeah I was trying to put all the info in one place =] Glad you enjoyed.

[@frederikzimmers]

If you want your reflection to move, like in your CG chrome ball on the table, then you would just record a 360 video and use it as HDRI, right? Can you give 3D Objects a video as a reflection? How to deal with capturing the different exposures then, if you use video? cheers

[@KirillPodcast]

Именно. Анимированная секвенция с камеры 360 вместо статичного exr вашего hdri 👌🏻😁

[@ItsPX]

Is it normal to for my hdr image to be too saturated ?

[@D3Z_animations]

Really great video, but I have one question: how did you have your hand moving in the cg chrome ball? If you were lighting it with a hdri _image_, then how did your hand movement get reflected in the chrome ball? Pls, I need answers xD

[@75_oranges]

He used the video mode on the insta360

[@ethanhegel8576]

Just found your channel here aside from Corridor. Instant sub. As VFX artists, you and Corridor have completely rewired how I approach scenes as a director.

[@pwnisher]

So cool to hear! And thank you tons for the support. It means a lot =]

[@quadgon]

Interesting video, lets have a look and s... WHAT! it's Clint! *subscribes* *bell on* you have your own channel! Awesome! :D

[@pwnisher]

Hahahahaha thank you tons!

[@metaltrooper8947]

Wait wht? Clint has an own Channel. haha Subbed you!

[@TheBohrokMan]

This tutorial is so easy to understand and well organized, thank you for taking the time to put it together! I've been wanting to try out custom HDRIs for a long time.

[@pwnisher]

Heck yeah! Now is the time =] I'm glad you were able to follow along.

[@MDigitalProductions]

Finally a proper video that isn't a livestream (love those too) , it's been a long time coming 😭

[@pwnisher]

Agreeeed!

[@BrandonDuckett]

Dude it's Clint!!!! Why was I not subscribed before?!

[@pwnisher]

Thanks for the sub :)

[@StudioWerkz]

I have an insta 360 one x and I was looking for this tutorial, I was doing it sooooo wrong...you are a hero for this!

[@pwnisher]

Ahhaha gotchu!! :D

[@conahscreations]

This tutorial is so clean and well put together, its gonna help out a bunch of people! Nice work man and thank you:)

[@pwnisher]

Absolutely :) i’m amped to make more in this style.

[@keithyakouboff8755]

Agreed. Explained clearly, systematically, logically, and simply enough so that even I could understand it.

[@abduq593]

I never tried this but did you use "HDRI 360 still" to octane HDRI texture on primary mode for lighting and use the "360 video" on octane HDRI at 'visible mode' and tick only for reflection or maybe Background , or did you comp ur reflection in ?

[@XNUMBERProduction]

Hi Clint, Can you explain how you have created that animated reflection plate on that CG Ball. Usually, when we put a HDRI in our dome light, it lights up the scene and we can see that HDRI image reflection on the CG object. But here I can see your movements is reflecting on that CG Ball. Your explanation will help me a lot. Thanks in advance ✌️😁

[@hunzikart]

This is the comment I've been looking for... Too bad he didn't reply :(

[@tahallium]

i think its just a 360 video which would explain the overexposed highlights?

[@XBlockAcah]

The tutorial is absolute helpful.

[@silverunicorn06]

Thanks for the video Clint. When we export out the images as Jpegs from instastudio, doesn't it cap the values at 1 and thereby making it less useful for using as a map for PBR?

[@nathancrotty8115]

You forgot about the mirror ball method.

[@taohudson]

How would this be done with a 360 video? As my cg object moves throughout the scene which varies in light and reflections. (If that makes sense). Does a 360 video just import in to 3D software in the same way an HDRI does?

[@thearothtr]

Dude.I use insta360 one r like you and i just wanna ask you use built-in bracket HDR to shoot or manually shoot? becoz my custom HDRI look abit wash out after i combine them in photoshop.Thanks

[@paperbfilms]

You can also use a drone! I just figured out that my Dji Mavic Pro has a ¨panorama¨ option. It takes a photo at every angle in a full 360, and also 45 degrees tilt up and down, creating a full 360 panorama!

[@tomsanderson]

Mavic Pro or Mavic Pro 2?

[@paperbfilms]

@@tomsanderson I`m sure you can do it on both. Im usin the first gen Mavic Pro

[@geyck]

Cool. Remember when Corridor used to do tutorials?

[@Mateusz-720]

its the guyt from the corridor crew

[@LEO22013]

Thank you, very much. The video was very informative and amazing!!!!!

[@fullyleaded]

Hey great video. When you take the pictures using the insta camera. Is there a HDRI setting? Or do I need to take each picture at various exposure?

[@terryrhuebottom]

I've been subbed to Corridor and Corridor Crew for over a year and just found you had a channel today. Damn, I suck. Thanks for this. IT really helped me understand HDR a lot better.

[@pwnisher]

Gotchu son!

[@f4ust85]

How good are the HDRIs from the Insta360 compared to a DSLR? Is it really usable in high-resolution print renders? Its tempting but I have my doubts...

[@Faolon]

Howed you get photoshop to make it look so good for the panorama? when i do it, is super streched vary tall,

[@Gocchin]

wow I wish I can do this too but no tripod and no camera, sucks to be a poor young striving self studying vfx artist hahah

[@pwnisher]

I’m willing to bet there’s a way to do this with your phone.

[@pauldistefano4414]

Hi Clint can you please clarify a few things for me... The process is very clear and the video is great but I am left with a few questions. With the insta360 are you able to Stitch your Bracketed images together just using the proprietary software? or do you still need to take your bracketed images and create your final HDRI's using Lightroom or P.S. PTGui, or Photomatix? I ask this because I recently purchased a Ricoh Theta SC, for the sole intention of using it to create HDRI's for CG realistic character creation in Blender. The problem I am coming up against is that it would seem there is no way of getting around Photo Shop, for creating the final HDRI! I wouldn't mind so much, but the reality is that I can not justify an Adobe subscription for the sole purpose of creating HDRI finishes! Do you have experience with PTGui and or Photomatix, and if so which do you prefer? Thanks again the video is awesome

[@shvrhd]

Great video! I cant wait for more tutorials like this!

[@aarven06]

How did you get EV's from EV5 down to EV-10 from out of INSTA ONE R? you imported these saying... photos from the 360 Camera? Insta 360 cams are not able to make EV lower than - 4. That is not low enough to get good and exact maximum light position. As we can see in your photos you need down to about EV - 10.

[@SheepYT]

How do I know how many photos I should take to cover the 360º?

[@weeliano]

Awesome video! May I suggest using PTGui to do the stitching and HDR generation. ILM paid them a lot of money to make a linux version to run on their pipeline. The latest version of PTGui uses Nvidia based gfx cards for accelerated stitching and HDR tone adjustment. It is fast! Also a circular fisheye lens with a Nodal Ninja will speed up the photo taking process if you are using a DSLR.

[@pwnisher]

Solid tips right here. Yeah I read a blog by HDRI Haven and they said 20mm lens with about 40% overlap for best results. They use PTGui as well. But for me that's overkill at the moment, just because I prefer them on the 360 camera anyway.

[@weeliano]

@@pwnisher True! I used to hack my HDRIs with the Nodal Ninja and a DSLR setup, but nothing beats the convenience of using a 360 camera. I can setup and take a multiple HDRs in the same amount of time I need to take one HDR on the DSLR setup! I personally use the older ONEX and you are right for lighting purposes, they are more than sufficient. I have asked my students to watch your video!

[@pauldistefano4414]

@@weeliano Hi there I have a question that I just posted to Clint, and it would appear you would have the answer as well! would you mind enlightening me as a newbe to this process! Hi Clint can you please clarify a few things for me... The process is very clear and the video is great but I am left with a few questions. With the insta360 are you able to Stitch your Bracketed images together just using the proprietary software? or do you still need to take your bracketed images and create your final HDRI's using Lightroom or P.S. PTGui, or Photomatix? I ask this because I recently purchased a Ricoh Theta SC, for the sole intention of using it to create HDRI's for CG realistic character creation in Blender. The problem I am coming up against is that it would seem there is no way of getting around Photo Shop, for creating the final HDRI! I wouldn't mind so much, but the reality is that I can not justify an Adobe subscription for the sole purpose of creating HDRI finishes! Do you have experience with PTGui and or Photomatix, and if so which do you prefer? Thanks again the video is awesome

[@weeliano]

Hi Paul, I have used PTGui to stitch together photos taken with a fisheye lens on the my DSLR. I also used the insta360 1st generation camera to take manual bracketed photos and then stitch them together using PTGui. I haven't done it for a while though, what I remember is that you have to export the unprocessed fisheye images from the insta360 from both sides and then stack and stitch the multi-exposures in PTGui, what I remembered with the insta360 is that it is not so straight forward to export to 2 halves. When exported you will have a pair of circular images, if you take a basic 3 exposures, then you will have a set of 6 circular images. PTGui is smart enough to auto detect, arrange and stitch them together. In terms of creating a true 360 HDRI, you are better off using PTGUi compared to photoshop as it offers way more control and export options. The final image is usually a HDR or EXR.

[@tyler3201]

Is this the same concept used to create Pelennor Fields in The Return of The King? I think they used the HDRI as the background too for like the mountains, distant grass, etc. But also if I'm remembering correctly their HDRI was a matte painting made from multiple images stitched together because that location doesn't actually exist in New Zealand like in the movie, obviously. But maybe I'm wrong.

[@조호흡]

hello! In the viewport, the colors appear to be missing compared to before exporting to radiance in Photoshop. The colors match when loaded as aces instead of linear srgb + legacy gamma. Or is there a way to make it like a normal hdri (like art station hdri ) in Photoshop? When I load the hdri in artstaion into Photoshop, it appears exactly as it appears in the octane live viewer. When I load the exr file merged with 360camera into Photoshop, the colors are very different.

[@mattferris3767]

6:56 What short-cut are you selecting here? I'm following the steps but the image is dark when I load it in the 3D app. How do I know the Camera Raw is set properly? Ctrl+Z doesn't seem to make a difference.

[@meterpaffei5810]

This is a 360 Camera (for 500 Bucks)...the next thing you need to do... Anyway I guess thats how it is:-) Great explanation! Thanks

[@puja1985]

Is there any update on a better workflow for creating HDRIs? I just watched this video after 3 years since it was uploaded. I have an older model of the Insta360 One RS that has been sitting in the box untouched for so long.

[@mickeydangerez]

I don't understand why there it no free open source HDR 360 Camera app. Most new phones support HDR and have decent image quality. If anyone knows of a free android app that can do HDRI captures in high resolution please drop the details below:

[@wh_w]

unrelated but what's the brand of your glasses? they look really cool!!

[@AndrewPRoberts]

They're from Stark Industries, I think they're called Elise or something like that

[@wh_w]

Andrew P. Roberts LMAO close it’s Edith, not Elise.

[@AndrewPRoberts]

@@wh_w I know that was the joke

[@lordnaps]

when doing the photomerge method for DSLR pictures after the Photomerge finishes it doesnt give me the panorama. It just changed my photoshop canvas' dimensions to really abnormal measurements, so now i am kind of stuck.

[@poopiecon1489]

this format is awesome , keep em coming ,,

[@pwnisher]

Thanks so much!!

[@briankleiner8915]

this is awesome, thank you! Can't wait for the surface imperfections vid

[@PhantomCarnivalArt]

Would it be possible to paint a background (doing each exposure) using this method to make a fully custom HDRI?

[@CreativeGrid]

What about google cam photo sphere ????i think we can make it @pwnisher

[@stephaner5526]

Nice tutorial and explanation many thanks :). My way is to buy GoPro Max but I hesitate with Insta360 now...

[@Ab_obla]

If you just want a custom hdri and do not want to replicate a real life environment then you can create your own scene in CG and render it with panaromic camera as exr

[@陈厚成]

Hello, I noticed in your tutorial that your cg object can reflect your movement. Excuse me, how did you do it? They look like they used an hdr video as skydome.

[@PostolPost]

Wait but how does reflection is moving on the ball while you talking?

[@AA-ld6eo]

@pwnisher Every time i do Tone in ACR, by HDRI gets completly over contrasted, and it is also dark...pls help

[@prashantkoirala609]

you did not showed how to merge hdri with multiple exposure. u only selected 1 exposure photos. how can i do it?

[@erosion01]

Clint this method is kind of bad considering you've got to assume photoshop is going to spit out identical merges for your multiple exposure brackets. Then you've got to assume photoshop is going to actually properly merge the exposures correctly when you hdr pro merge them. I have never gotten it to work, photoshop is just too slow and unreliable for this purpose.

[@Qual_]

I just bought a ronin SC, and there is this panorama feature included for setting up all the angles I need, compbined with auto bracketting of picture, this is just a 1 button clic job now.

[@reidback6508]

Everyone surprised at Clint's channel, do you guys not remember Cardboard Warfare?

[@tristangohier7188]

having some issues with photoshop not stitching my dslr images properly. I'm shooting 18mm on aps-c, is that not wide enough maybe? If anyone has any sugestions...

[@EBRDesigns]

how is the reflection of your hdri aniamted in the intro but not after that? Im looking for how can i add realstic video hdris

[@falfieri3167]

For anyone who cant afford a 360 camera or doesnt have a solid DSLR, you can get Google Street View for free on the app store which allows you to create 360 images with your phone

[@a.moevisuals]

Can I use multiple jpg pics to create a hdri ? Or does it have to raw files ?

[@JEdit23]

I could be wrong but I think that there's a 3rd method where you take a bracketed image of a real chrome ball from 2 angles, paint out the camera and stick the 2 images together; reprojecting the image on the surface on the chrome ball?

[@bladeborge]

In the beginning shot, the chrome ball reflected your movement. As well as the camera moving towards the chrome ball in the next shot. How is that possible with an hdri still image?

[@lennartbreede]

Wait, what? Why did this get recommended to me now? I legit sold my Nodal Ninja yesterday, after months of trying to sell it. Google knows 😂

[@srbmeerkat]

Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing :)

[@avarionuk4283]

Need help! I have stitched the normal images together and it works fine but when I stitch the dark exposed or light exposed images together I get a lot of missing areas. How do I get around this?

[@IndependentVFX]

This is great!

[@pwnisher]

Thanks =]

[@michaelwerkov3438]

Does anyone know why the fuck GIMP still cant do this? This is the reason I cant work only in FOSS software

[@hairyguysketches9799]

For the longest time I didn't want to watch this, not because I don't love clint's work, but because I thought his hands holding the camera in the thumbnail were an eye.

[@mrkshh]

Hi! Thanks for your tut. What is i need to do VFX with large object like building?

[@nobbingh]

Hey Clint, really nice video! I noticed, that in the beginnig, the reflection of you in the CG ball was actually moving along with you (latzer it freezes) - COOL!!! How did you manage to do that? Is it also HDR? If so how did you shoot it? Or is it simply a non-HDR video taken on the insta 360? Thanks a lot, keep up these videos!

[@logkentwigboy]

I am also curious about how he did that

[@frankytap]

How did the CGI ball reflect the video of you moving if its just a picture?