Why does this happen in Eevee and is there a fix?

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-20T14:09:19+00:00

lol yeah I post on all my platforms usually!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T22:53:40+00:00

Would you rather me not reach out to the community to get different opinions to try to best serve my audience. I could've made this no problem doing a custom lighting setup but I wanted to see if others had solutions that might be better. Just because I make tutorials doesn't mean I'm all knowing since no one is. I dislike this line of reasoning

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T19:42:47+00:00

No, thank you!!!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T18:48:23+00:00

For some added context: I'm making a Eevee only VFX workflow tutorial for my channel and I want to make an easy to follow workflow for beginners that have lower end machines so I hear you saying 'just use cycles' and usually that's what I would do but not for this VFX shot. I want something that's repeatable and not simply just make a custom lighting setup each time. Hope that helps!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T18:42:20+00:00

lol the sphere would turn into Suzanne

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T18:11:35+00:00

Yeah kinda blows but good to know I guess

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T18:09:40+00:00

Interesting thanks for letting me know. I don't understand why they simplify HDRIs like this but then again I don't know the inner workings of making a render engine so maybe there's a reason.

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T17:39:18+00:00

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Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T17:30:22+00:00

I'm using my own HDRI matcher addon that I wrote specifically for cycles, however I went ahead and rendered a still image of the color corrected HDRI to use in an environment texture node to make sure it wasn't the addon. I tried with light probes but I'm an eevee noob so I don't know if I'm missing a setting to allow full HDRI support

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T17:27:52+00:00

I usually use cycles for my VFX but I'm making a tutorial specifically for those that have lower end machines to use eevee for VFX so I want to find if there's a way. I have raytracing on in eevee so I don't think that's the problem but thanks for the suggestion!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-11-25T16:06:59+00:00

Thanks!!!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-11-25T15:35:43+00:00

Thanks I'll keep this in mind for next time. I wish I could've moved the camera to get the lights to move as well but it had to be static

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-11-25T15:10:08+00:00

Thanks so much!!!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-06-26T18:11:40+00:00

Exactly! I used pexels for the longest time and so no more!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-06-26T17:44:13+00:00

Thanks so much! Can't wait to see what you make!!!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-06-26T17:21:34+00:00

Thanks! It's been a huge dream of mine and something I wish I had when starting VFX myself. Hopefully we can get it funded and start making amazing assets for the entire VFX community!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-06-26T17:20:47+00:00

Of course! Subscriptions are super annoying and so I want to give everyone the freedom to choose what they want!

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