Iray HDRI Dome Rotation
Melissa Conway
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I know an HDRI dome in iray can be rotated along the Y axis, but the sun is often too high in the sky for the time of day I need, and I'd like to move it closer to the horizon by rotating along X or Z. Is there a way to do that? tx
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Pretty sure yu adjust the dome orientation on the x or y depending on what you want.
Thanks, Khory. I played around with that, but it seemed as if the dome moved but didn't rotate (I could be wrong, it was hard to tell). Do I have to adjust the X or Z Dome Orientation setting first, and then use Dome Rotation, which would then rotate along X or Z instead of the default Y? tx
I'm not an expert, but if you go into Render Settings and click the Environment Mode scroll, you will see Sun-Sky Only. After you click that, you will see that the menu below has changed. Start playing with SS Time, from 1PM to 5PM and you should get needed results.
Oops. Second picture (5PM) didn't work, so here goes another try.
Sun sky is not HDRI
Granted, but when you return to HDRI settings, let's say Dome and Scene, it seems DS will keep the daytime settings, tho they wil be less obvious.
Hmm, I'm trying to prove what I just said, but I don't remember what else to tweak in the Environment and Dome Modes. Or maybe I just imagined it.
Depending on what kind of scene it is, if all else fails, an alternative can be to move the scene around instead of the HDRI. In this render I found it easiest to move the room up in the air to get the moon where I wanted it in the window.