

Resource site HDRI Skies has made mid-res versions of its HDRI files available to for free, including for use in commercial projects. hdr files in case you want to edit them directly.Posted by Jim Thacker Download 500 free HDRIs from HDRI SkiesĪ low-dynamic-range preview of Sky 146 from HDRI Skies’ set of 500 freely downloadable HDRIs. If you want cubemaps for backdrops use the file called “HDRi. Get the file with - mipmaps for normal use. The HDRIs should be dropped in Content and the collections in Saved.

uasset files and you can drop these in a project folder to import the HDRIs and collections. You can get the pack here: (outdated) HDRi.

(mainly because the 16384x8192 files are huge)

The files in the pack are already processed like this so you don’t have to do anything, but if you for example want to check out the free full resolution bundle ( Poly Haven) you’ll have to do it because the full resolution files are not included in this pack. hdr file and UE4 should be able to import it. Just open the file you downloaded and save it again as a. You’ll need a free software called Luminance HDR. If you download HDRIs from hdrihaven itself you’ll have to modify them in order to be able to use them in UE4. If you don’t want to give credit you can purchase the full resolution files which have royalty free licenses. For more information see Poly HavenĪfter doing so though you are free to use them in commercial games and even modify the HDRIs (like I did here). The HDRI files are CCBY (attribution) so you have to give credit to hdrihaven in the credits of your game. I also created collections for them based on the tags on the website so you can search for the lighting you want: by contrast, where it was taken, time of day, color, sky condition and natural/artificial light. There are 110 cubemaps with various lighting conditions. They are great if you need ambient cubemaps/skylight cubemaps for dynamic lighting. I really like the free HDRI samples at, but by default you can’t import them into UE4 (you get an error) so I modified them to enable use in UE4. There will be regular updates from now on too. **This pack has been replaced with a pure CC0 license version here: UE4 compatible HDRi cubemaps No more need to credit anyone in your game (although you still can if you want to).
