Lully opened this issue on Sep 08, 2012 · 55 posts
bagginsbill posted Wed, 12 September 2012 at 11:04 AM
Quote - I thought we were talking about using spherical panoramas as actual background images.
We have been, but Vestmann asked:
Quote - So since I always hide the sphere from the camera, resolution shouldn't be a major concern for me?
which extended the discussion to what the OP's questions actually means to other people.
Further, even if you see the EnvSphere, what you "need" depends on field of view and subject and render image size. If all you see is a bit of sky in a scene background otherwise dominated by buildings or trees, the reasonable answer clearly is "it depends".
Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)