Eevee HDRI Creator

What is it?

This tool allows you to effortlessly render your environments quickly with eevee into a HDRI image.
This is perfect for creating skyboxes you can drop into game engines such as Unity or Unreal. Or perhaps build up your collection of environment textures to light your models in Blender.

Why do I need it?

Realtime render engines can not render true 360 degree panoramic images. This process requires a path tracing renderer such as cycles. However cycles can have it's drawbacks such as the time it takes to render and noisy images (especially if rendering volumetrics).
So if you are wanting to create an equirectangular skybox using eevee, this tool simplifies the process for you!

How does it work?

The addon will render your scene in a cube projection at your desired location. Once each six sides have rendered, it will stitch them together into an equirectangular (360 degree) image.
This image is also HDRI - allowing greater range of luminosity to assist in lighting 3d models or game worlds.
The addon will add a new panel to the 3D viewport tool shelf, along with a bunch of settings to go through.

What are the limitations?

Due to the fact eevee is rendering 6 different images, most screen-space effects can cause unwanted artifacts, making the seams very apparent. These are dependant on the individual scene of course, so different projects will vary. The addon will alert you if any of these potentially conflicting settings are enabled.