Panorama Cubemap Converter App suggestions

kirdaybov

Hi there,

I've made a little application that converts .hdr-panoramas into .dds-cubemaps. The idea for the application happened when our 3D-modeller (Studio MONO, Insomnia RPG) told me that process of making cubemaps for Unreal Engine 4 is quite uneasy.

I'm currently in process of getting my application approved on Steam Greenlight. Right now it supports z-rotation, blur and batch processing.

I'd like to hear suggestions on what does 3D-community may need of an application like that.

Let me know in the comments and, you know, upvote it on Greenlight

Here's the list of things that bother me most:
1. What output/input file formats to support?
2. What cubemap presets are popular? I mean the position and location of the sides relative to each other.

marks

https://www.knaldtech.com/lys/

Just sayin'.

kirdaybov

Knald's solution is quite heavy and expensive. Mine is specialized for one purpose thus much less expensive So it's for those who does need an ability to convert panoramas but doesn't need all the extra functionality.

marks

For file formats you probably don't need to support much more than TGA and DDS. Cubemap presets you probably only need to worry about vertical cross and horizontal cross.

kio

i would suggest to add exr export too

kirdaybov

tga, dds, exr are added to the list of possible improvements, thanks

Drew++

RGBM encoding would be a nice feature I'm sure a lot of people would love to have. Encoding to RGBM and storing the info in a RGBA8888 .TGA file is nice, especially when your app doesn't support R32 float textures.