HDRP makes greybox prototyping annoying

I don't know about any one else but trying to make quick levels in HDRP is a pain when you also need to setup a global volume and general graphical setup just to start making a level. Its a pain.

I zoom in and the surrounding area brightens so i can't see the area properly and all these other fancy visuals that I don't need to see in the editor window when prototyping.

In URP it's far less of a problem i can get straight into it without fiddling with the graphics setup. HDRP really needs a much better workflow its just so overwhelming and so many things to sort out just to get going...

 

A couple of things that might help:

• You can modify the default profile settings pretty easily, turning off all the post-processing if you don't want to see it. No need to set up a volume or anything.
• More and more, I disable Scene lighting, and use Matcap instead: This avoid the need to set up any lighting at all. I personally also disable "Mix albedo in the Matcap" in HDRP preferences, which makes everything much easier to see. Definitely useful when blocking things in.

 

I tried turning that off and my objects go to some strange harsh colours like bright cyan, almost looks like a shader error type output lol - theres no shading so it all looks flat which makes things difficult with that switched off too.