# Where can i find good cubemap images?

**URL:** <https://discourse.threejs.org/t/where-can-i-find-good-cubemap-images/69621>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** resource, cube-map\
**Created:** [August 22, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/where-can-i-find-good-cubemap-images/69621 "2024-08-22T16:04:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![joostwmd](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/joostwmd/32/37503_2.png) [@joostwmd](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/joostwmd)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/where-can-i-find-good-cubemap-images/69621/1 "2024-08-22T16:04:48Z")

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Hey,

in my project i am using HDR images for creating the env map. But this causes performance issues in production because i need to download the images which are quite large. Also it feels like the rendering is more resource expensive compared to the CubeTextureLoader.

So i want to switch from loading hdr images to cube maps and i am struggeling to find a good place to download them (preferably for free, non-commercial use). I downloaded the hdr images from [https://polyhaven.com/](https://polyhaven.com/)  
and i am looking for an alternative for this for cubemap images.

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**Author:** ![PavelBoytchev](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/pavelboytchev/32/38639_2.png) [@PavelBoytchev](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/PavelBoytchev)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/where-can-i-find-good-cubemap-images/69621/2 "2024-08-22T16:09:12Z")

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[https://www.humus.name](https://www.humus.name/index.php?page=Textures) has CC-BY-3 cube textures.

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**Author:** ![joostwmd](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/joostwmd/32/37503_2.png) [@joostwmd](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/joostwmd)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/where-can-i-find-good-cubemap-images/69621/3 "2024-08-22T16:13:05Z")

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awesome, thank you a lot 🙂