HDRI skyboxes for Enscape
- HDRI Hub lists 161 outdoor HDRIs, sized from 4096x2048 up to 20000x10000, mostly in .exr with many also offered in .hdr.
- 52 of these skies have an unclipped sun disc, which Enscape's "Brightest Point as Sun Direction" option needs for a sharp shadow edge.
- Enscape 4.13 loads a skybox as .hdr, .bmp, .jpg, .png, .tif or .tga through Visual Settings > Sky > Horizon Source: Skybox.
- Each HDRI carries a commercial licence for one user and one workstation.
- Prices are listed in USD.
Enscape calls a background HDRI a "skybox" and loads it from the Sky tab of Visual Settings. This page lists HDRI Hub's outdoor environments that work as Enscape skyboxes, with the exact menu path, the resolution that makes sense for real-time rendering, and how to get a clean sun and shadow from an unclipped sky.
Products
HDR 180-8 Space Sky with Nebula
HDR 180-5 Space Sky with Galaxy
HDR 180-6 Space Sky with Planet
HDR 180-7 Space Sky with Sun
HDR 180-4 Space Sky and Stars
HDR 180-3 Space Sky with Stars + Milky Way
HDR 180-2 Space Sky and Stars
HDR 180-1 Space Sky and Stars
HDR Light Wall Light Panels
HDR Light Warning Red Arrow
HDR Light Warning Blue Arrow
HDR Light Ceiling Rectangular
HDR Light Panel
HDR Light Exit Panel
HDR Light Neon Light
HDR Light Large Light Panel
HDR Light Street Lamp 2
HDR Light Street Lamp 1
HDR Light Floor LED Stripe green
HDR Light Ceiling Half Bowl 2
HDR Light Ceiling Half Bowl
HDR Light Softbox Circular
HDR Light Softbox Rectangular
HDR Light Softbox Rectangular
HDR Light Softbox Octagon
HDR Light LED Ring
HDR Light Umbrella Rectangular
HDR Light Large Surface
HDR Light Large Surface
HDR Light Long Light Tube
HDR Light Umbrella Octagon
HDR Light LED Grid Yellow
HDR Light LED Grid
HDR Light Backlit Glass
HDR Light Circular Fresnel
HDR Light Circular
HDR Light Circular Umbrella
HDR Light Beauty Dish
Above the Clouds Bundle 01 (zDepth not included)
HDR Pack 014
HDR Pack 013
HDR Pack 012
HDR Pack 011
HDR Pack 010
HDR Pack 009
HDR Pack 008
HDR Pack 007
HDR Pack 006
Load an HDRI in Enscape 4.13
- Open Visual Settings from the Enscape toolbar.
- Go to the Sky tab and open the Horizon section.
- Choose "Skybox" from the Horizon Source dropdown.
- Click the folder icon next to "Load Skybox from File" and select the HDRI.
- Set Rotation to align the sun with your model; Enscape only rotates a skybox horizontally, not vertically, and does not scale it.
- Turn on "Brightest Point as Sun Direction" so the Enscape sun lines up with the skybox's brightest point, then use the Brightness slider and the "Normalize the average brightness" option to balance exterior and interior exposure.
Enscape accepts .hdr, .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tif, .tiff and .tga skyboxes in cross or panoramic (longitude/latitude) layout.
Which resolution
Enscape's documentation does not publish a fixed pixel cap for skyboxes. For lighting and reflections only, a 4096x2048 to 8192x4096 HDRI is enough. For a skybox the camera sees directly, use 16000x8000 to 20000x10000 so the horizon and cloud detail stay sharp; because Enscape renders in real time, 8192x4096 to 10240x5120 is a practical ceiling for most scenes rather than the full 20000x10000 files.
Sun and shadows
Use an unclipped sun HDRI so "Brightest Point as Sun Direction" locks onto the actual sun disc instead of a blown-out highlight. HDRI Hub has 52 unclipped skies for this. With one of these loaded and Normalize Average Brightness enabled, the skybox supplies both the light and the cast shadow; no separate Enscape sun light is needed.