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Rooftop level HDRI

AlricAlric Posts: 125
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I have lots of environments and props like apartments and rooftops that represent places far above the ground.

I have been trying to find some HDRI images taken at roof top level. There are quite a few taken from ground level in the store but none that I can find taken at elevation.

Did I miss something in the store or is there another place that would have some? I joined PolyHaven and found a couple of other sites but they only had stuff taken from the ground.

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  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 6,954

    I don't know if there's any such HDR products but I think what matters is the Camera View you set in the scene rather than the view that was ever taken for making the HDR maps... Not so sure but if an HDR was made with a high angle shot taken on the rooftop, it might be just limited to be useful for rooftop scenes...

  • zombietaggerungzombietaggerung Posts: 3,725
    edited March 9

    I have two, but I don't remember where I got them from. and googling the names of the HDRi files gets me nothing. I rember them being freebies, but I downloaded them in 2017, so the site might not even exist anymore. these are the previews of them. Maybe someone else recognizes them and can point you to the source or their google-fu is better than mine.

    LA Downtown Afternoon Preview:

    LA Downtown Helipad GoldenHour Preview:

    LA_Downtown_Afternoon_preview.jpg
    600 x 300 - 130K
    LA_Downtown_Helipad_GoldenHour_preview.jpg
    600 x 300 - 96K
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  • dtrscbrutaldtrscbrutal Posts: 515
    edited March 9

    There is a free CC0 rooftop HDRI at polyhaven. Here

    edit These might work, they are sci-fi/cyberpunk themed. They have elevated views but are not truly rooftop.

    Fvtvris HDRI

    Cyberpunk HDRI

    Post edited by dtrscbrutal on
  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 5,929

    I reluctantly resorted to AI to get backgrounds for my penthouse through-the-wraparound-windows views. But AI is like someone who has been in academia for ten or more years: So "smart" that they're too stupid to follow simple instructions.

  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 2,561

    Alric said:

    I have been trying to find some HDRI images taken at roof top level. There are quite a few taken from ground level in the store but none that I can find taken at elevation.

    This is somewhat expected.

    A photography based HDRI needs the creator to shoot many exposures (and multiple directions) from same spot, which is unsurprisingly difficult to achieve with a clear 360 view in an urban environment. A shot from a roof will include the roof (making it less useful for a view out of an apartment window), a shot from a balcony or window will only be able to show partial angles, and a drone (aside from potential legal issues about flying one in some urban jurisdictions) doesn't have the same stability as a tripod.

    As such, they're naturally quite hard to create. There could however be a market out there if anyone wants to create rendered ones, I suppose, where cameras hovering in mid air is less of a challenge.

  • markusmaternmarkusmatern Posts: 559
    edited March 9

    zombietaggerung said:

    I have two, but I don't remember where I got them from. and googling the names of the HDRi files gets me nothing. I rember them being freebies, but I downloaded them in 2017, so the site might not even exist anymore. these are the previews of them. Maybe someone else recognizes them and can point you to the source or their google-fu is better than mine.

    LA Downtown Afternoon Preview:

    LA Downtown Helipad GoldenHour Preview:

    I'm pretty sure these were from http://www.hdrlabs.com/
    Unfortunately the site has gone dark.

    Post edited by markusmatern on
  • protosyntheticprotosynthetic Posts: 126

    Select Environment Option, go to Parameters, change your environment from infinite sphere to finite sphere. Deselect Draw Ground. Change Ground Origin Y to a negative value, about -2500 (elevation 25 meters) will be a good test for how bed the bending will be as you rise. Adjust as necessary.

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,185

    dtrscbrutal said:

    There is a free CC0 rooftop HDRI at polyhaven. Here

    edit These might work, they are sci-fi/cyberpunk themed. They have elevated views but are not truly rooftop.

    Fvtvris HDRI

    Cyberpunk HDRI

    And  was going to say look on ther But  alrite then  Thanx  

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,114
    edited March 9

    Could you use a background scene of New York buildings? I was looking at my copy of Stonemason's https://www.daz3d.com/downtown-loft-living-area and found that there is a exterior plane that 'wraps' around the exterior of the apartment to give the appearance of a neighborhood. I am not sure, but I think I have seen other environments with this type of option provided.

    Or could you build from your own runtime the neighborhood of your own, render it in a landscape form and then wrap that around your windows?

    Also, have you checked out https://hdri-haven.com/?

     

     

    Post edited by memcneil70 on
  • AlricAlric Posts: 125

    memcneil70 said:

    Could you use a background scene of New York buildings? I was looking at my copy of Stonemason's https://www.daz3d.com/downtown-loft-living-area and found that there is a exterior plane that 'wraps' around the exterior of the apartment to give the appearance of a neighborhood. I am not sure, but I think I have seen other environments with this type of option provided.

    Or could you build from your own runtime the neighborhood of your own, render it in a landscape form and then wrap that around your windows?

    Also, have you checked out https://hdri-haven.com/?

     

     

    For some I can use a flat plane but for outside shots (like rooftop helipad, a rooftop club, or a helicopter flying through the city) an appropriate HDRI would work best.

    I think I have already checked out hdri-haven butt I'll take a look and see. 

  • AlricAlric Posts: 125

    dtrscbrutal said:

    There is a free CC0 rooftop HDRI at polyhaven. Here

    edit These might work, they are sci-fi/cyberpunk themed. They have elevated views but are not truly rooftop.

    Fvtvris HDRI

    Cyberpunk HDRI

    I may have been a bit unclear, I want HDRis taken at elevation not neccesarily on a roof top. These HDRI bundles look like they are pretty much what I'm looking for except as modern cities rather than sci-fi. They night scenes look like they may work since the buildings look somewhat indistinct. 

    I will certainly pick those products up.

  • StonemasonStonemason Posts: 1,180

    memcneil70 said:

    Could you use a background scene of New York buildings? I was looking at my copy of Stonemason's https://www.daz3d.com/downtown-loft-living-area and found that there is a exterior plane that 'wraps' around the exterior of the apartment to give the appearance of a neighborhood. I am not sure, but I think I have seen other environments with this type of option provided.

    Or could you build from your own runtime the neighborhood of your own, render it in a landscape form and then wrap that around your windows?

    Also, have you checked out https://hdri-haven.com/?

     

     

    If I'm remembering correctly I think I used low models for what's outside the windows in that one, and not a plane. 

  • Olo_OrdinaireOlo_Ordinaire Posts: 742
    edited March 10

    I use Dreamlight's https://www.daz3d.com/50-hdris--movie-maker-iray--metropolis-day as well as his associated sunset and night HDRI sets often for high-rise apartment views.   They're not too pricey and they look great.

    and one of the night versions...

    High-rise HDRIs.png
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    High-rise HDRIs - night.png
    1200 x 824 - 1M
    Post edited by Olo_Ordinaire on
  • ZippyGuitarZippyGuitar Posts: 845
    edited March 10

    @Alric , I sent you a PM in case you are not notified of new messages

    And I agree with Olo_Ordinaire , Dreamlight's Metropolis stuff is quite useful. I've used them a number of times, and they're generally my go to for HDRI cityscape stuff.

    Post edited by ZippyGuitar on
  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,243

    Olo_Ordinaire said:

    I use Dreamlight's https://www.daz3d.com/50-hdris--movie-maker-iray--metropolis-day as well as his associated sunset and night HDRI sets often for high-rise apartment views.   They're not too pricey and they look great.

    Corrected link https://www.daz3d.com/50-hdris--movie-maker-iray--metropolis-day

     

  • AlricAlric Posts: 125

    Olo_Ordinaire said:

    I use Dreamlight's https://www.daz3d.com/50-hdris--movie-maker-iray--metropolis-day as well as his associated sunset and night HDRI sets often for high-rise apartment views.   They're not too pricey and they look great.

     

    and one of the night versions...

     

    Those look good, looks like they are on sale too.

    Thanks I will pick them up. 

  • prixatprixat Posts: 1,588

    The non-HDR Backplate from The Avengers, the view from Stark Tower.

    ...Is available from this FX Guide article: https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/vfx-roll-call-for-the-avengers/

    (about a quarter of the way down)

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