Quote - I am trying to render an object against a photograph background and trying to get the right shadows and lighting.  I went out and took some pictures and stitched them together to make a panorama.  For the background, I also took some pictures of the point where I was standing.  Now I'm trying to figure how how use the panorama I made to create the proper lighting so that if I render a shiny reflective object, the reflection on the object will show the panoramic image.  So how do I do this and do it with proper shadows?

Panorama? Unlikely you'll get the right lighting.

Use an env sphere for the lighting, and the panorama prop to display your image on. Try for a similar image on the sphere so the lighting will appear to be from what the viewer sees.

The only reason to use a panorama to display an image is if you

-- 1) use a focal length of greater than 25 and
-- 2) want the background image to show up clearly

otherwise, use a high-quality image on your skydome/sphere. Bagginsbill has full, detailed instructions on how to accomplish that on his site.

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