Does Photoshop not handle 32-bit TIFF? You might be able to do only one render for the HDR effect if you use 32-bit TIFF output in Chunky.

I don't use Photoshop myself, but I was able to use Luminance HDR to generate HDR images from 32 bit output.

8 hours. It only took about 25 seconds to render each frame, but I had to restart 3 times. One at about 150, then at 172, then again at 165. I kept losing track of my sun position and cloud scrolling. Would have probably only taken about 6 hours if I didn't keep screwing up.

And the GIF creator I used was THIS. Very easy to use, it accepts all the frames in a single ZIP file instead of individually, and allows you to change a bunch of things like frame timing and such.

I have! I needed two versions of Java two make it work: a normal Java 8 update 261, and a Java SE development kit 8 update 261. Mine weren't matched. Once I downloaded the correct versions, it installed without a problem.

Here's a link to JDK 8 261 and here's a link to normal 8 261.

The ONLY download via torrent (original 8K in PNG and misc raw files): magnet-link

You can use the free and portable Tixati client to download. The raw folder only contains different SPP samples, you may want to exclude it from your download.

Related post: "Emitter Render: Different SPP comparison side by side"

Place

2b2t.org, X-420k Z0 Nether. This is my build I prettied up for the render.

Date: September 2nd, 2018 world download was used for this.

Render Settings

7680x4320 at 14000 SPP, FOV 102.83

Postprocess: Gamma, 0.912

Ray depth: 8

Emitter intensity: 16.435

Depth of Field: 300, Subject distance: 27

Fog: red 0.0627, density: 1.095, fast fog enabled

Sky: solid color #1F0402

Glass: specular 0.32

Obsidian: specular 0.095

Portal: emit 22, ior 2.588

Flowing lava: emit 6

All lava: emit 4

Torch: emit 10

Sign: emit 0.2

Post Processing

The image was color corrected to my liking using GIMP. There are the exact settings: Adjust HLS: Red Lighness -23 Sat +10 Megenta Sat +6 Blue Light +4 Sat +10

License

Public Domain. But I kindly ask you to refer to me as the original author when editing or publishing this work.