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free skymaps!

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:48 am
by gheft
well this has been in my bookmarks for some time now. I figure this could probably be useful for a lot of people around here

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread?t=24038

he says no restrictions, but you should probably give the guy credit if you use them

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:20 am
by arras
Thats quit a selection :) Nice

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:30 pm
by kornwaretm
i wonder how to make those wonderful textures

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:38 pm
by JP
I've seen tutorials on how to make these using a reflective sphere, you go outside (or stay inside if you want a skymap of a room :lol:) and then plonk down the reflective sphere you have and then stick the camera directly above it and take a picture. You then of course have the camera reflected in the shot so you then have to photoshop it out but you then end up with a skymap. Someone on my robotics course in my final year of uni made a robot that could see 360 degrees with this method.

I've added this to the list of free gaming resources i'm putting together on my webite, nice find!

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:18 pm
by twilight17
Oh those are very nice! Here are some more good ones
http://humus.ca/index.php?page=Textures&&start=0

Re: free skymaps!

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:32 pm
by MasterGod
gheft wrote:well this has been in my bookmarks for some time now. I figure this could probably be useful for a lot of people around here

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread?t=24038

he says no restrictions, but you should probably give the guy credit if you use them
Amazing images. Thanks.