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1 Aug 2024 12:20:23 EDT (-0400)
  Re: No new images for 5 days?  
From: Bill Pragnell
Date: 5 Dec 2008 09:15:01
Message: <web.4939364ddaef02f6d5b77e4a0@news.povray.org>
"SharkD" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> > > > Here's one.
> > >
> > > Damn, where's my spherical pano image viewer?!
> >
> > I've a better idea - let's have the HDR light probe version! That looks like a
> > nice environment. :)
>
> I'm not sure what you mean. Recently I learned that some of the panorama viewers
> support HDR, but how do I create it in POV and then translate it to the viewer?

You need to use MegaPOV for this; POV-Ray 3.6 doesn't support HDR images at all.
MegaPOV has a spherical camera and can output .hdr images, which can be used as
environment maps to illuminate a scene.

http://megapov.inetart.net/manual-1.2.1/megapov0121.html#hdr_write

and

http://megapov.inetart.net/manual-1.2.1/megapov0121.html#tutorials_hdri

:-)


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