Has anyone had any issues, or know of any work-arounds when you are doing interior images, and you have a lot of large windows, like in the reception of a large office block. I am doing several scenes with a HDRI outside (on adaptive dome), and IES on the inside, with other light sources such as TV's and vray light materials.
It is a nightmare getting the lighting right.
I know that using progressive rendering with an override material, and excluding the windows from the overide material, helps a lot, but I find it all frustating.
No. I also try to not use plane lights. I just tweak the exposure vs. light multipliers endlessly until I think they are balancing out nicely. A lot of this depends on your HDRI file too, and what settings it is at. Some of them are very contrasty with point of very bright light. Others are diffused by clouds and cast a much softer light.