how to make a 2D panorama from 3D terrain??

tactmasterzero · 05-07-2012, 02:37 AM

hi all,

so i'm trying to figure out a way to 'project' or 'bake' or 'transfer' or whatever it's called... a 3D mountain range onto a series of 2D 'fence-like' planes to use as a panorama of distant mountains in this scene i'm making. i want the panorama to have a normal map so i can move the sunlight around in the scene and have it effect the lighting on the 2D 'card'...

is this possible?... is there a name for what i'm trying to do?...

thanks all,

Jared

Leyto · 05-07-2012, 04:56 AM

Panorama rendering

tactmasterzero · 05-07-2012, 08:25 AM

hehe thanks for the reply!

so, i googled "panorama rendering" and from what i understood about it, it's not exactly what i'm trying to do... i'm trying to do something more like when videogames replace a distant 3D building with an image of that building mapped to a 2D 'card' to save memory.

am i on the right track with this approach??

05-07-2012, 02:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
tactmasterzero New Member 4 - 43	how to make a 2D panorama from 3D terrain?? hi all, so i'm trying to figure out a way to 'project' or 'bake' or 'transfer' or whatever it's called... a 3D mountain range onto a series of 2D 'fence-like' planes to use as a panorama of distant mountains in this scene i'm making. i want the panorama to have a normal map so i can move the sunlight around in the scene and have it effect the lighting on the 2D 'card'... is this possible?... is there a name for what i'm trying to do?... thanks all, Jared

05-07-2012, 04:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
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05-07-2012, 08:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
tactmasterzero New Member 4 - 43	hehe thanks for the reply! so, i googled "panorama rendering" and from what i understood about it, it's not exactly what i'm trying to do... i'm trying to do something more like when videogames replace a distant 3D building with an image of that building mapped to a 2D 'card' to save memory. am i on the right track with this approach??