Web Shops
We added the CGI.Backgrounds web shop for high-resolution 360° HDRis and corresponding backplates. Download VRED Ray HDR assets or search and purchase CGI.Backgrounds HDRis and backplates. Find 10 HDRi environment assets, which can be downloaded through our VRED Library.
Video captions: I am happy to announce that we added a new web shop for CGI.Backgrounds content, directly from our user interface. Like on other web shops, you can just download CGI.Backgrounds content, like backplates and high-resolution environments. Once the download is finished, they will appear automatically in your VRED scene. And, CGI.Backgrounds now provides 10 free environment assets. These can be downloaded right in our VRED Library. Just download them from there, unpack them, add the path in the preferences, in order to see them directly within the Asset Manager and use them instantly in your scene.
CGI.Backgrounds
We add a new CGI.Backgrounds web shop for high-resolution 360° HDRis and corresponding backplates, which supports .jpg, .tif, and .dgn backplates, as well as .exr, .hdr, .ray, and .tif HDRi maps. The new CGI.Backgrounds web shop guides you to a VRED landing page where additional uncompressed VRED Ray.HDR assets can be download. It is also possible to search and purchase more HDRis and backplates. Once the uncompressed file download is complete, the HDR will be loaded directly onto a VRED environment dome and image backdrops will be loaded as backplates in the Sceneplate Editor.
VRED Library
CGI.Backgrounds provides 10 free HDRi environment assets to VRED users, which can be downloaded through our VRED Library.
After completing the download, the assets need to be unpacked and added to the Asset Manager, from where they can be loaded into the existing scene by drag and drop.
To do this, go to your download directory at C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\VREDPro-<internalVersion>\data\downloads\vred library and unpack the assets. Add the download path to the Preferences, under Scene > Asset Manager > Search Paths > Environment Paths. After that, you will find a new entry in your Asset Manager under Environments, where all HDRi dome environments are located.
Web Shop Display Improvement
No matter your monitor or the dpi set, VRED now automatically zooms into web shop content, displaying it at a readable size. This is particularly good news for users with a 4K monitor, who had to first use Zoom to read the content.