How Do you Use this sort of HDRI
 

How do you use this sort of HDRI as environment? its spherical and has black edges,
regards

You could use it like that but it wont be as effective. Download HDR shop and use the panorama setting to unwrap it.

Jay

hi Jay , you are right, I tried but its not effective, but I got some HDRI images in this shape ( not Panorama) I wonder how I could use them?

He did answer. Download the program "HDRI Shop". It will give you options to change it.

Dubai3d, mmm read my post again

thanks Gen

Jay

thanks guy , I got it, HDRI Shop and photoshop can turn it to panorama, but i do not know if the quality of the image gets change as well or not, same if the image effective or not, but I read somewhere(I can remember) that i need to play with UV's in sphere, I'll do some more research .