skybox

Is there a program (or plugin) out there that will take a 360 degree picture and convert it into 6 skybox textures (up,dn,ft,lf,bk,rt)?

How are people creating these skybox texture sets from existing pictures?

Cheers,

Redclaw

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Probably something like this, though the full version is pretty expensive.

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I use HDRshop when doing mine; it's free and yea, you guessed it, it will make HDR skyboxes as well.

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Im in the middle of learning that myself, I used Terragen to create the panorama and then it's easy ( but laborious ) to cut the six box parts from within photoshop.

Riven said:
I use HDRshop when doing mine; it's free and yea, you guessed it, it will make HDR skyboxes as well.

Thank you for pointing me towards this application. I fiddled with it last night but could not make heads or tails on how you would take a single image and turn it into 6 images using this program. Are there any tutorials on using this program as it relates to creating skyboxes? Any quick advice? Maybe it's something easy that I am overlooking.

Cheers,

Redclaw

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<A name=OLE_LINK2></A><A name=OLE_LINK1><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2">Yea, on that site I linked you to, simply click the tutorials section and then choose the tutorial labeled: "Panoramic Image Transformation" When creating your cubic environment, there should be an option to where you can save each square as a separate image; these images will make up your skybox. In order to create the cubic environment, it helps if your original image loops, or is applied to a reflecting sphere or a panorama image that repeats.</SPAN></A>

<SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2">Beyond those tuts, I'm sure there are more online; Good luck!</SPAN></SPAN>

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Riven said:
<A name=OLE_LINK2></A><A name=OLE_LINK1><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2">Yea, on that site I linked you to, simply click the tutorials section and then choose the tutorial labeled: "Panoramic Image Transformation" When creating your cubic environment, there should be an option to where you can save each square as a separate image; these images will make up your skybox. In order to create the cubic environment, it helps if your original image loops, or is applied to a reflecting sphere or a panorama image that repeats.</SPAN></A>

<SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2">Beyond those tuts, I'm sure there are more online; Good luck!</SPAN></SPAN>

Yeah, that is what I started to do but did not have any luck with the PIT. It would not create more than one image. But at least I was heading in the right direction. I will do a little Tutorial reading(damn I hate doing that! LOL).

Thanks again!
Redclaw

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