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At HDRMAPS, we believe in giving back to the CG community, and thanks to the incredible support from our Patreon backers, we’re able to offer more free HDRI maps! In September alone, we uploaded 10 brand new, high-quality HDRI maps for free, all made possible by your generous contributions. By subscribing to our Patreon, not […]

Hdr panoramas in Autopano Giga

Autopano Giga is an older panorama stitching software that is no longer being developed. However, it is available for free and remains the only no-cost solution for stitching HDRI maps effectively (apologies to Hugin). It serves as a free alternative to the expensive PTGui Pro for creating panoramic images. In the following tutorial, I will […]

Convert .exr to .hdr in Gimp or Photoshop

Most of the hdri maps downloaded from my website are OpenEXR format (. exr extension), as this format provides the best quality/file size ratio. OpenEXR also supports layers and is considered as an industry standard in Game Dev and film production, as it offers more flexibility in the post production process. Keep in mind that, when using […]