Ambient Occlusion in compositing removes HDR lights :/ - Lighting and Rendering - Blender Artists Community
![cycles render engine - Increase brightness of HDR to light the scene, but keeping the background at a lower exposure - Blender Stack Exchange cycles render engine - Increase brightness of HDR to light the scene, but keeping the background at a lower exposure - Blender Stack Exchange](https://i.stack.imgur.com/K8E1q.png)
cycles render engine - Increase brightness of HDR to light the scene, but keeping the background at a lower exposure - Blender Stack Exchange
![cycles render engine - Hdri mix(light from one hdri, background from another) - Blender Stack Exchange cycles render engine - Hdri mix(light from one hdri, background from another) - Blender Stack Exchange](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hITR3.png)