Create an HDRI in Altair Inspire Render

Create your own HDRI directly in Inspire Render and use it as an environment map to truly customize the lighting in your scene.

HDRI (High Dynamic Range Images) provide highly realistic lighting, especially when it comes to reflection and refraction. In addition to the default evoRender.hdr, Inspire Render offers a number of other HDRIs that you can use for your particular scene. You can also purchase additional HDR images online.
  1. On the ribbon, click the Rendering tab.
  2. Click the Environment icon.
  3. If you don't want the HDRI to be visible in the final rendering, select Ground. This is what we did for the examples below.
  4. Click the Maps tab.
  5. Set the Illumination, Background Map, Reflection Map, and Refraction Map to None.
  6. On the Rendering tab, click the Camera/Rendering icon.
  7. In the Control Panel, on the Camera tab, select 360° Panoramic. (Use the default rendering settings for all other parameters.)
  8. On the Rendering tab, click the Render Image icon. Inspire Render automatically connects with and opens Darkroom.
  9. In the Image Browser at the bottom of the window, click the image.
  10. Click Export as.
  11. Select the output format HDRI (.hdr) before saving your file in the desired location.
You can now use the HDRI as an environment map to control the lighting in final renderings of your scene.

Examples of HDRIs

Figure 1. Example 1: HDRI created in Inspire Render
Figure 2. Example 1: Final Rendering Using the HDRI created in Inspire Render
Figure 3. Example 2: HDRI created in Inspire Render
Figure 4. Example 2: Final Rendering Using the HDRI created in Inspire Render