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- | ====== Clear Sky ====== | ||
- | Clear Sky enables you to procedurally create physically based skies within Lys. | ||
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- | With full real-time control over camera altitude, Azimuth angle, Zenith angle and luminance within Clear Sky you can generate realistic vistas with a very small amount of time and effort. | ||
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- | ===== The Clear Sky Interface ===== | ||
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- | [{{:clear_sky_lys.png?nolink|Clear Sky Settings}}] | ||
- | ==== Main Tab ==== | ||
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- | **W:** The desired width of the Clear Sky image which is to be generated. | ||
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- | **Chain Icon:** Here you can constrain the width & height of the Clear Sky image together. Unchecking will unlink the values & allow independent values to be used. | ||
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- | **H:** The desired height of the Clear Sky image which is to be generated. | ||
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- | **Generate:** This button will generate a Clear Sky image, as per the width and height settings. | ||
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- | ==== Clear Sky Group ==== | ||
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- | **Camera Altitude:** - The altitude of the camera in the world in meters | ||
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- | **Azimuth Angle:** - The solar azimuth angle of the sun measured via a spherical coordinate system. North is 0/360°, East is 90°, South is 180° and west is 270°. | ||
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- | **Zenith Angle:** - The altitude of the sun based on the angle between the horizon and the centre of the Sun's disc. | ||
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- | **Sky Type:** - Here you can choose if the atmosphere is cloudy or partially cloudy. | ||
- | * **Default** - Default has a cloudy atmosphere | ||
- | * **Partially Cloudy** - Partially Cloudy has a partially cloudy atmosphere. | ||
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- | **Luminance:** - | ||
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- | **Disable Sun:** - Disables rendering of the Sun’s disc. The does not affect the general ambient lighting of the scene. | ||
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- | **Disable Ground:** - Disables rendering of the ground. |