# HDRI spherical map to cubemap converter

**URL:** <https://discourse.threejs.org/t/hdri-spherical-map-to-cubemap-converter/3555>\
**Category:** Showcase\
**Tags:** cube-map, hdr, converter\
**Created:** [July 26, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/hdri-spherical-map-to-cubemap-converter/3555 "2018-07-26T12:13:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![marquizzo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/marquizzo/32/25192_2.png) [@marquizzo](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/marquizzo)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/hdri-spherical-map-to-cubemap-converter/3555/11 "2018-10-10T20:15:25Z")

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Hey, @MateuszWis. Really glad it supports HDRI now!

Are you mapping the textures differently when you upload a JPG vs when you upload an HDR image? When I upload a JPG, I’m getting pinching at the poles, but when I upload an HDR the pinching is gone, even though both images are equirectangular.

![pinching](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex035/uploads/threejs/original/2X/8/8763b2a8b12287659e3f026c2a3a5dcb582fcc73.jpeg)

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