Hi Eric,

There is no specific LatLon-to-CubeMap converter in Aximmetry. But there is a Cubemap render compound at [Common]:Compounds\Camera\Camera_Render-CUBE.xcomp that you could have used up to make your converter.
Like you could make this setup to save the environment map:
Also, you probably want to use the [Common]:Shaders\Terrain\Skybox_Long-Lat.xshad shader like above on the sphere to get a perfect mapping. And turn On Two Sided in the Sphere module.
For example, this Skybox_Long-Lat shader has to be used to render a sky sphere from LatLon images.

There is a runtime example of virtual scene environment map generation at: [Tutorials]:Advanced 3D\Auto EnvMap Gen\Auto EnvMap Gen.xcomp

When HDR is turned on, the images are rendered in 16 bit float and not in 16 bit int. This should be visible when peeking at the rendered video, R16G16B16A16_F where F stands for float:

It is not like in PhotoShop where 16-bit means int and 32-bit means float.

There is no visible difference between 16 bit float and 32 bit float that is detectable by the human eye. So you shouldn't be concerned about 16 bit as long it is in float.

Also, make sure you are in Linear pipeline color space:

Otherwise, you will not get the best out of your high-quality images or textures.

And we have recently published a detailed documentation on how to make scenes in Aximmetry, including the PBR workflow and Environment Maps: https://aximmetry.com/learn/virtual-production-workflow/preparation-of-the-production-environment-phase-i/obtaining-graphics-and-virtual-assets/creating-content/creating-content-in-aximmetry-se/pbr-materials/

Warmest regards,

Hi Eifert.

Thanks a bunch for the elaborate answer!
How could I overlook that magical '_F'? Apparently I did... :-)
So my setup actually works as expected and after all it was a good exercise to transfer some Fusion compositing knowledge over to Axy :-)

And how could I overlook that brilliant tutorial? Thanks for pointing that out to me.

Cheers and all the best.

Eric.

BTW... When using the Camera_Render-CUBE setup you described above it's important to switch the Sphere to 'Two Sided' to generate an output ;-)

Hi Eric,

Many parts of the new documentation have been released at the same time as the last Aximmetry version (2023.1.0).

You are right about the two-sided, I added it now to my previous post.

Warmest regards,

Hi Eifert.

Just out of curiosity... Does that Camera_Render-Cube also work with Unreal scenes?
(I assume not, since we would need a dedicated Camera inside the Unreal Project, right?)

Cheers.

Eric.

Hi Eric,

You can not render geometry from the Unreal scene using the Camera_Render-Cube compound or the Camera module.

If you want to use this compound to make an environment map from Aximmetry-rendered geometry. Or an environment map from a 360-degree video. And then send that to Unreal's environment map system, you can probably do that with some unreal blueprint nodes.

Warmest regards,