Attached Link: http://myweb.hinet.net/home4/chshlin/tutorials/cheap_HDRI/cheap_HDRI(e).htm

This is confusing when working with vue. This image made in vue feels like the lighting is wrong especially on the top of the cube. How can this be fixed? There are 2 cubes one on the floor and in the sky and the lighting on both looks wrong as does the top of her sneaker.

Also, I dloaded the files for this tutorial and when I applied them to vue it looked wrong. Can vue make the same looking image as the final image in this tutorial when using the same files?

I think hdri files can be used for environment, lighting, and reflection. The hardest part is making the environment hdri so people use planes like in this tutorial. Vue comes with environment maps that look great. Is it possible to make these maps using a mirror ball or is the outcome always fuzzy? Is the 1st pic in this post a plane pic or an environment map that is 360 degrees? It looks great. Has anyone made a 360 hdri environment map that looks good or is everyone using preset maps and bought maps or planes?