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Not really a pro or expert tip, but if you are doing post work you might be able to get away with borrowing the chrome highlights from the first image (with hdri on). You can do this by opening the image as a layer in an image editor and applying a filter/changing the contrast until it becomes a black and white specular map (I think that's what it's called). What I've done mostly is decreasing saturation (turning black and white) and then increasing contrast (bringing out the highlights more). You can then change exposure, blur, whatever. Then you change the mode (screen, lighten, luma/luminance, overlay, usually work) and opacity of that layer to "bring back" the highlights. You can compare to the first image to dial in the look you want. There should be tutorials about this out there, but not sure what the search terms are. You can try searching up compositing smoke overlays for a basic idea, but the filters and modes used might be slightly different.Homing my skills for the upcomming battle with Nemiegs next week.
https://f95zone.to/threads/special-request-official-renpy-edition-v1-6-nemiegs.68472/post-10588051
This is my first go at post editing. I know it's far from perfect, but damn what a difference from the 'Raw' Daz render!
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I have a question for you expert people! As soon as I added my 3-point light and removed the HDRI light, all the chrome parts on the bike went black. How do I get the chrome effect back again?
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Thank's for that elaborate answer! I will try and look up the tutorial you are talking about. I did some Googling, and you may be on to something about the hdri in the second picture. There is indeed an hdri - very well spotted! And that hdri cound be why the chrome is showing. I saw another post where someone said that if there is no hdri there is nothing to reflect in the chrome and thus it becomes black. Even if I add a spotlight right in front of the exhaust it's still just black.Not really a pro or expert tip, but if you are doing post work you might be able to get away with borrowing the chrome highlights from the first image (with hdri on). You can do this by opening the image as a layer in an image editor and applying a filter/changing the contrast until it becomes a black and white specular map (I think that's what it's called). What I've done mostly is decreasing saturation (turning black and white) and then increasing contrast (bringing out the highlights more). You can then change exposure, blur, whatever. Then you change the mode (screen, lighten, luma/luminance, overlay, usually work) and opacity of that layer to "bring back" the highlights. You can compare to the first image to dial in the look you want. There should be tutorials about this out there, but not sure what the search terms are. You can try searching up compositing smoke overlays for a basic idea, but the filters and modes used might be slightly different.
I think the others are right about why they disappeared in the first place. You removed a pretty significant light source from the set. You can probably add more lights to the scene to get the highlights back as well for an in daz solution. Hope this helps!
*I'm not sure why, but looking closer at the reflections in the second image it looks like there is an hdri being used? I see streaky clouds and a bright sun for some reason (hub of front wheel, the side of the headlight, and right above the pin up girl decal). Maybe there is an hdri that is still "on", but its "light" position or intensity are different from the one in the first image?
Glad to help! Didn't really know that about hdr, but I think it makes sense. Would be a good thing to keep in mind. Have you tried adding an emissive plane? Maybe having a "physical" mesh in the scene might make a difference. Not too familiar with the nuances of lighting, so this is mostly just a shot in the dark.Thank's for that elaborate answer! I will try and look up the tutorial you are talking about. I did some Googling, and you may be on to something about the hdri in the second picture. There is indeed an hdri - very well spotted! And that hdri cound be why the chrome is showing. I saw another post where someone said that if there is no hdri there is nothing to reflect in the chrome and thus it becomes black. Even if I add a spotlight right in front of the exhaust it's still just black.