

(this is a panorama ‘stitcher’ to assemble nice 360 images)Īnother source, sometimes even for full versions of some of the high end/price pay-for HDRis…magazines. (a number of nice LDR panos, suitible for backdrops) (4k sky images, commercial renders allowed) (free ones are low to mid, high are for sale) (Massive-07-update!) (no restrictions, just sky maps) These are ones I know that are just low range, backdrop or skies only… All designed with Studio and Iray in mind.) (There are 3 hdrs, some backplates and a set of sample renders. Some with very nice shadows, many spherical only

(some of these are listed as CC0 and the stops are listed: 20+) (use in commercial renders allowed, mostly large sky images) (pack of 26 images, most are able to be used commercially) (no sort function I could find, the free ones are scattered throughout the pages) (basically the same as above, but also cubic maps…and possibly lower resolution) (of course, the ‘granddaddy’ of HDRI resources) * (somewhat convoluted and restrictive Terms) He also always has a render with the image that shows the shadows cast by the image) * (varies.quality and license…the pay for ones are very good.and pretty cheap. (varies…more than at the sIBL archive site) * (several free ones, some are usable in commercial renders) * Many of these sites also have pay versions that range from fairly cheap to rather expensive…but licensing is usually much more ‘commercial’ friendly for the paid versions and there are either higher range HDRs/higher res backplates with the paid ones. Quality and license, noted ones without comment are either no restrictions or unknown. Many/most of these will cast ‘hard’ shadows without any additional light sources. Most of these are mid to very high range, most will cast decent shadows. (Non-comm = Non-commercial use only, but read the individual licenses on each site/item to be sure.) The quality of these will vary greatly, many require a supplemental light source (usually in the location of the sun) to cast ‘hard shadows’…most are non-comm only. Some are in spherical mapping, most are equirectangular/latitudinal-longitudinal mappings…a few are in both, very few are cubic. 3Delight, Luxrender, Cycles and Octane all can use them too. There are links to various HDRIs scattered all over the Iray threads…well, HDRIs aren’t just for Iray.
