It's round, obviously. Let's prove this with a NURBS sphere and a free NASA map of the earth.
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There are lots of in depth tutorials about mapping textures onto geometry in my channel. This is one of them: • Maya: HDRI Surround Image as a Light ...
The music: "Short and Sweet", composed and performed by me, Maximilian Schönherr, licensed via GEMA, Germany.
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