Anthanasius opened this issue on Jan 15, 2009 · 10 posts
svdl posted Thu, 15 January 2009 at 11:36 AM
Completely agree, BB. It may be good enough for a very quick and dirty solution, but for the sphere_map node to work, you indeed need a panoramic image.
The funny thing is, this empty desert scene is easy to create in Vue or Bryce, including the road. Vue Infinite can render it out as a panoramic image - and it'll neatly generate a HDR IBL map for you too. Trouble is, you need a high resolution (like 4800x2400) to make it work decently (the IBL map can be smaller, by the way)
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