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API Docs (v2)
Calling the API The API can be called by sending GET-Requests to one of two endpoints https://a...
Early Web Access
If you signed up to any tier that includes early access via Nextcloud you can also get early acce...
License information
All ambientCG assets are provided under theCreative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal License.This appl...
Using the Nextcloud Desktop Client
This section will describe how to download all or some of the assets using the official Nextcloud...
What is an 'HDRI environment'?
Lighting is hard When lighting a 3D scene for rendering (be it complex path tracing or much simp...
3D Photogrammetry
Capturing process Setup I create the photos for 3D scans in an Amazon Basics Mobile Photo Stu...
Multi-Angle Lighting
Creating PBR maps out of several different images with varying lighting can be a great way to get...
Photogrammetry
Photogrammetry (sometimes called “photoscanning”) gives you significantly more accurate displacem...
Approximating from a Bitmap
As the easiest and fastest method of creating PBR materials this is the way that most people (inc...
PBR Theory
Before diving into the creation of PBR materials it is important to understand what "Physically B...
Ground 048
Ground 048 is a plain dirt scan that can be used as the base ground for nature scenes, as a fil...
HDRI Theory
At first glance the HDRI images on ambientCG or other platforms may look like normal panorama ima...
Typical PBR Maps (Overview)
Here is a short explanation outlining the function of the different material maps included in the...
Nextcloud Access
What do I get with the special access? With the special access you can download all assets of am...
About the ambientCG API
I hope the assets and information are helpful to you. There is just one more thing I would like ...
PBR Materials in Blender
Click on any images in this article to enlarge them. Basic Setup This is a node basic setup for...
Asset Types & Creation Methods
The assets on ambientCG were created using a number of different methods. You can filter them usi...
Intro
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