Highlights Refiner CyberGaffer Update

The new dockable window lets you seamlessly integrate CyberGaffer’s plugin controls anywhere within your Unreal Engine workspace. This enhancement provides quicker and easier access to key settings, improving efficiency and control over your scene.

Key Plugin Controls:

• Exposure Compensation – Quickly adjust scene brightness to ensure proper lighting balance. In Virtual Production, this is just as crucial as a physical camera’s exposure in traditional filmmaking.
• Scene Color Multiplier – Functions like a white balance tool, helping to neutralize colors for better keying when working with green screens. You can easily revert color corrections in post-production.
• Lumen Final Gather Quality – Adjusts the render quality of the CyberGaffer Scene Capture Sphere without affecting the rest of the scene. Higher values enhance quality and reduce noise but increase GPU load.
• One-Button Plugin Setup – A new automatic setup feature configures all necessary project settings for CyberGaffer. You can choose which settings to apply automatically and which to configure manually.

A common challenge in virtual production is handling out-of-place highlights and glare on reflective surfaces, such as glasses or a watch. The new Highlight Refiner feature in CyberGaffer’s standalone application helps address this issue.

Imagine two light fixtures close together, emitting red and blue light to create purple illumination. While the subject may appear perfectly lit, a reflective surface could pick up isolated red glare, disrupting the scene’s visual consistency.

How does Highlight Refiner help?

• It balances light fixture settings to create a more even lighting spread.
• Each fixture’s light color more accurately represents the final illumination on the subject.
• It improves specular reflections and shadow accuracy while slightly decreasing diffuse reflection precision.

Stay tuned for more updates, and see you in the next release!