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API Docs (v2)

API Docs

Calling the API The API can be called by sending GET-Requests to one of two endpoints https://a...

Updated 2 weeks ago by ambientCG

Early Web Access

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If you signed up to any tier that includes early access via Nextcloud you can also get early acce...

Updated 1 month ago by ambientCG

License information

Website & Licensing

All ambientCG assets are provided under theCreative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal License.This appl...

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Using the Nextcloud Desktop Client

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This section will describe how to download all or some of the assets using the official Nextcloud...

Updated 6 months ago by ambientCG

What is an 'HDRI environment'?

Using the Assets HDRIs

Lighting is hard When lighting a 3D scene for rendering (be it complex path tracing or much simp...

Updated 6 months ago by ambientCG

3D Photogrammetry

Creating PBR Materials General Workflows

Capturing process Setup I create the photos for 3D scans in an Amazon Basics Mobile Photo Stu...

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Multi-Angle Lighting

Creating PBR Materials General Workflows

Creating PBR maps out of several different images with varying lighting can be a great way to get...

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Photogrammetry

Creating PBR Materials General Workflows

Photogrammetry (sometimes called “photoscanning”) gives you significantly more accurate displacem...

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Approximating from a Bitmap

Creating PBR Materials General Workflows

As the easiest and fastest method of creating PBR materials this is the way that most people (inc...

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PBR Theory

Preliminaries

Before diving into the creation of PBR materials it is important to understand what "Physically B...

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Ground 048

Creating PBR Materials Specific examples

Ground 048 is a plain dirt scan that can be used as the base ground for nature scenes, as a fil...

Updated 9 months ago by ambientCG

HDRI Theory

Preliminaries

At first glance the HDRI images on ambientCG or other platforms may look like normal panorama ima...

Updated 9 months ago by ambientCG

Typical PBR Maps (Overview)

Using the Assets Materials

Here is a short explanation outlining the function of the different material maps included in the...

Updated 10 months ago by ambientCG

Nextcloud Access

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What do I get with the special access? With the special access you can download all assets of am...

Updated 10 months ago by ambientCG

About the ambientCG API

API Docs

I hope the assets and information are helpful to you. There is just one more thing I would like ...

Updated 10 months ago by ambientCG

PBR Materials in Blender

Using the Assets Materials

Click on any images in this article to enlarge them. Basic Setup This is a node basic setup for...

Updated 10 months ago by ambientCG

Asset Types & Creation Methods

Website & Licensing

The assets on ambientCG were created using a number of different methods. You can filter them usi...

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Intro

Website & Licensing

ambientCG is website providing free textures, materials, 3D models and other resources for creati...

Updated 10 months ago by ambientCG

Website Settings

Website & Licensing

You can customize the website using the settings icons in the top right corner of the /list page....

Updated 10 months ago by ambientCG