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For a further description about those environment options and how to control them, please see the Constant Dome, Physical Sky and Image Based Lighting (IBL) sections.
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The Environment panel in Physical Sky mode with theGPSEarth Globe opened for custom positioning |
In addition to all the functionalities that are described on the Environment Lighting chapter, the Environment panel in Studio has also some unique particular features only available in Studio.
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One feature that is exclusive to Studio and not available in all plug-ins is the interactive Sky Earth Globe. Some plug-ins with unrestricted SDKs have implemented the Sky Earth Globe feature as well, like Rhino or SolidWorks.
The Sky Earth Globe allows you to interactively rotate the Earth in the display to change to a different location. Use Alt + LMB to rotate and Alt + RMB to zoom in/ out.
The shortcut key K enables or disables the sky representation in the viewport. The interactive preview of the sky in the Studio viewport will give you a very good indication of what it will look like in the final render. It will change its illumination/coloration based on location / and time and it will also change if you adjust any camera setting that affects how much light reaches the "film" (ISO, f-Stop, Shutter speed).
The viewport shows the geographical directions (N, E, S and W) by means of a compass located in the bottom left corner. The sun is represented by a small yellow sphere. When the sun is below the horizon, the yellow sphere fades to black.
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