I'd like to use Blender cycles to generate an image which can be used as a world background image. An example is this kind of image is from hrdmaps.com
How can a blender scene be rendered like this?
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Ed Tate
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Have you looked into the panoramic cameras settings under Properties Window > Object Data (camera) > Lens > Panoramic ? – Duarte Farrajota Ramos Sep 17 '16 at 14:25
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Which render engine are you using? – Ray Mairlot Sep 17 '16 at 15:14
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I want to do this in cycles. The question was updated. – Ed Tate Sep 17 '16 at 15:16
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This is natively supported in Cycles.
Set your output resolution at a 2x1 ratio (e.g. 2048x1024).
Select the camera.
In the properties window, camera tab, select "Panoramic."
For "Type" select Equirectangular.
Here's what it looks like for me:
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