SOLVED Which HDR settings to lighten shadows only?

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  1. rongarz

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    UPDATE: This post wasn't visible earlier, so I re-posted the question at this link:

    http://isiforums.net/f/showthread.php/12865-HDR-Modification-Discussion/page2

    Tosch answered my question there and I continued the discussion there with my results.



    (Original post below)

    I've been reading about custom HDR profiles and testing a few that have been posted.

    http://isiforums.net/f/showthread.php/12865-HDR-Modification-Discussion

    I'm currently using the TrueLightsUltraHDR hdp posted by INSQMNIAC.
    http://isiforums.net/f/showthread.php/19930-TrueLightsUltraHDR

    That's getting close to what I'm looking for, but I'd like to tweak the settings to lighten the shadows a bit. I want to keep actual dark and black colored objects the same and have a similar overall contrast, and only tweak the shadow brightness to be less dark.

    Here are two screenshots, first with TrueLightsUltra (shadows too dark):

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    View attachment 13819


    A quick image edit to show the lighter shadows I'm looking for.

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    View attachment 13818


    Which of these settings should I adjust and which direction + or - to get closer to that look for the shadows, without changing actual dark and black painted textures?

    SkyType=
    StartET=
    AdaptET=
    Luminance=
    WhitePoint=
    BlackPoint=
    MiddleGray=
    PostGamma=
    AirMassMult=
    ShadowDiffusion=
    LocalCloudIntensity=
    SunTransLum=
    SunScatrLum=
    MoonTransLum=
    MoonScatrLum=
    UseBloom=
    BloomWhitePoint=
    BloomThreshold=
    BloomOffset=
     
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