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Skybox Texture Creation ?

NorthernKiara

July 10, 2017 17:34

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Is there detailed instructions somewhere about how to create a skybox texture?

I've been trying some different things and have two templates for guides but am still coming out with seams (using a somewhat seamless texture) at various places in the sky box.

I have six images of 2048x2048 size for each of the boxes.  
What is their orientation in each box?
Does "down" mean the image in the -z box gets rotated 180 degrees?
What does left and right mean?  Is that just left and right sides of the box?

 

 

 

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  Agustine July 10, 2017 18:25

  Another way to look at is.. 

  

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  Agustine July 10, 2017 18:26

  ...or 
  

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  NorthernKiara July 10, 2017 21:52

  Thank you .... that clears things up for me.  :-))

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  Kiel July 14, 2017 15:47

  I have a different problem with skybox textures - I made one in Photoshop, saved it as .exr and it uploaded and shows in the drop-down all fine.

  Thing is, I can´t choose any other texture than 'Highrise' or 'None', whenever I click mine or any of the others, the name in the box changes for a split second and then is back to either 'Highrise' or 'None', depending which of them was chosen before.

  I've read the help article, but can´t find anything there, it seems pretty straightforward. Am I missing something obvious? Thanks in advance for any tip.

   

  edited: Please disregard/delete, now it works like a charm all of a sudden. :)

  Edited by Kiel July 14, 2017 15:53
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  Kallah July 24, 2017 03:23

  Skyboxes are BIG files, 2048x2048 times 6 ... it takes a little bit of time to d/l the skybox so every time you pick on expect to wait a few minutes for it to actually fully load.

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  Kallah July 24, 2017 03:26

  *one* (not on)

   

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  Kallah July 24, 2017 03:28

  Could someone do a psd file with each box on it's own layer? It's a royal pita trying to paste & position such large files ;o/ Pleaaazzzzzzz? Also, where do you find textures to use?