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This MF HDRI is single-handedly the greatest single image for everything to do with lighting. No more fighting with 3 point light setups and the 100s of underwhelming HDRIs that I have saved for no reason.

> Look dev in Cycles? This HDRI.
> A sunny day lighting? This and a sun light object positioned with HDRI Sun Aligner addon.
> Studio lighting with strong highlights but not strong shadows? This HDRI rotated and a single area light.
> More even lighting? This HDRI with a 50/50 mix shader of the Approaching Storm HDRI from Poly Haven.
> Want to integrate a 3D model into a game screenshot but the 360 panorama stitch from ingame has underwhelming lighting? Use Kloofendal as the HDRI light source and have the 360 ingame panorama appear as a glossy only reflection.

For any beginners into 3D CGI, I cannot understate how incredible this HDRI is as a default lighting setup if you don't want to think about what to use.