Lighting and HDRI on metals?

[cyborgnation]

I watched the tutorial novolume made on modeling a magnifying glass and decided to build something out of almost entirely 1 cylinder.

So here's my lightsaber, I've applied a standard silver and standard hammered metal to it, but the HDRI makes it this really nasty gold color... I want it to be straight silver. if I turn down the reflection that helps some.

Also, If I add light, it doesn't help..at all.

I've been rendering this thing and tweak options for over an hour.. Super confused.

[TerryG]

Take your HDRI image and change the hue in Photoshop.

[cyborgnation]

Originally Posted by TerryG

Take your HDRI image and change the hue in Photoshop.

brilliant.
Thank you.
So does the file extension have to be .hdr? or can it just be a jpg?

[frank beckmann]

You can feed in whatever you like - but hdr and exr more powerful of course.

Cheers
Frank

[cyborgnation]

Originally Posted by frank beckmann

You can feed in whatever you like - but hdr and exr more powerful of course.

Cheers
Frank

what's a good program to export HDR or exr from? I don't see that option in photoshop cs6

[frank beckmann]

Originally Posted by cyborgnation

what's a good program to export HDR or exr from? I don't see that option in photoshop cs6

PS is the way to go then - make sure your image is 16bit.

Cheers
Frank

[TerryG]

Just make a copy of your HDRI and change the hues, brightness, contrast, to suit you.

[cyborgnation]

Originally Posted by TerryG

Just make a copy of your HDRI and change the hues, brightness, contrast, to suit you.

Thanks! It looks so much better now

[cyborgnation]

Originally Posted by frank beckmann

PS is the way to go then - make sure your image is 16bit.

Cheers
Frank

Ah. that was the issue. I was in 8bit. Thanks!

[SurfingAlien]

not to mention there are tons of free (and paid) HDRIs out there...

mani links in the forums as well

cheers,
Alessandro