# HDRI once again
**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/hdri-once-again/60719
**Category:** Xsi
**Tags:** rendering
**Created:** [March 3, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/hdri-once-again/60719 "2002-03-03T14:31:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@syntetik](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/syntetik)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/hdri-once-again/60719/1 "2002-03-03T14:31:17Z")
Hello ppl
I alreade have posted my problem once but nobody helped me myabe that's because I didn't add any illustrations :]
thing that I do:
1. convert hdr file to map file using hdrtoxsi.exe
2. get a sphere with spherical texture projection
3. connect map file like in that render tree screenshot
How I should map that texture on the sphere without having those black spots?
As you can see It reflects on all objects
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### Author:  [@keirebu-niiru](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/keirebu-niiru)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2002, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/hdri-once-again/60719/2 "2002-03-04T09:26:00Z")
what does your map look like ?
Sanostol
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### Author:  [@sonne](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/sonne)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2002, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/hdri-once-again/60719/3 "2002-03-04T10:19:18Z")
Have you tried painting it out?
I don't know how, but I'm sure it must be possible to bring it into Photoshop and paint out the black spots.
Check out Paul Debevec's site( [http://www.debevec.org/](http://www.debevec.org/) ) . He probably has some info on that.
/Peter
P.s.What did you read, to learn about the creation of HDR images? I'm looking for a conprehensible how-to.
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### Author:  [@richard-sher](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/richard-sher)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/hdri-once-again/60719/4 "2002-03-04T14:16:09Z")
HDRShop would be a good place to start. [http://www.debevec.org/HDRShop/](http://www.debevec.org/HDRShop/)
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### Author:  [@syntetik](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/syntetik)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/hdri-once-again/60719/5 "2002-03-04T20:44:31Z")
wOw... that's a great page! I gues I'll have to spent few nights reading all that stuff 
sonne\> I haven't read almost anything just that tutorial on Ed's page. I'm REALY impressed by the results using HDRI and looking forward to use it in animation.
p.s. sorry for my lame english
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### Author:  [@syntetik](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/syntetik)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2002, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/hdri-once-again/60719/6 "2002-03-04T21:48:36Z")
HDR image that I used for this test looks like this
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### Author:  [@keirebu-niiru](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/keirebu-niiru)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/hdri-once-again/60719/7 "2002-03-04T21:57:28Z")
Ok , then you need the hdrshop . I think there is a link on paul devebecs site. it's a cool little program, which helps you to stretch out your hdr image so you can wrap it spherical around yor scene. I think also it's free for personal testing.
CU Sanostol
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### Author:  [@wurp](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/wurp)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/hdri-once-again/60719/8 "2002-05-24T17:01:01Z")
hello
I have been trying to make HDRI in XSI but without success 
i dont get those reflections that you have on your pictures 
I was just wondering if you could send me the source file for this scene? it would help me a lot.
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### Author:  [@alper455](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/alper455)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/hdri-once-again/60719/9 "2002-05-24T19:01:20Z")
the solution i HERE:
[http://www.highend3d.com/files/dl.3d?group...mp;file\_id=1538](http://www.highend3d.com/files/dl.3d?group...mp;file%5C_id=1538)
in shader section of this site, you need a ball projection and not a sphere one
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### Author:  [@markman](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/markman)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/hdri-once-again/60719/10 "2002-05-24T20:00:17Z")
You don