Check out these renders

[Smith]

Look at the renders of characters from Half-Life2 that i found on the net.
http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/showthread.php?t=21286&page=1&pp=20

 

[Switch]

WTH... Awsome

 

[Smith]

look at the lighting that is reflected off the surfaces of various objects, instead of the direct lighting on the subject.

 

[Radon]

:kewlpics:
I had heard about this HDR lighting. But didn't knew it was this cool.:cool2:

 

[Rockyme2002]

OMG :O
Tht looks so Real

 

[Smith]

yes, too real. imagine the hardware required to render those in realtime for gameplay

 

[zhopudey]

They keep talking about V8...any idea what that is?

 

[Blade_Runner]

They keep talking about V8...any idea what that is?

Prolly referring to garys mod version 8 or v8 sumthng i think.........neways garys doesnt support HDR.

 

[Chaos]

Those are offline renders. HDR existed in offline renders since ages. Most raytracers use 32bits per component for calculations. Convincing renders nonetheless. There is a mod called hdrbloom for hl2 that gives fake HDR. Looks pretty convincing though. Be prepared to drop the resolution as it runs a bit slower than normal hl2.

 

[Smith]

ppl ... pls take a look at the link i gave earlier...there is a video available for download with human + CG compnonents with HDR lighting.

argus_smith posted 0.67 minutes later:

extremely convincing renders, wonder when they can be implemented in realtime.