Physical Starlight And Atmosphere - Sky

Physical Addons in Materials and Shading


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  • Michele Moscon
    over 4 years ago

    Really great!!!

  • Robin
    over 4 years ago

    With just the ligting results and disregarding the awesome atmospheric effects this purchase is worth it. I had a really good render using an HDRI image which I was quite happy with and then I tried this....

    I am truly amazed. The dynamic range is incredible.

    At first I struggled but reading the documentation and experimenting a bit, I ended up with even better results than I had imagined.

    Just a heads up to new users on a few points:

    1) Using render preview in Cycles you must switch back to any of the other view port shading options and not just pause rendered view. If you dont, you may run into GPU Vram issues.
    2) If you want to render with HDRI background in cycles you have to turn off the sun lamp and leave on the sun disc.
    3) Following on point 2, if you adjust the elevation or azimuth of the sun whilst previewing live through rendered view and your sun lamp is off, you wont see any changes. You have to turn sun lamp on to get visual feedback of your sun position then turn it off again to update in HDRI mode.

    I'd like to see more types of clouds, but I think that could ruin the speed of this add-on since it would likely need volumetrics to work well.

  • Joaquim Berenguer
    over 4 years ago

    Great addon, but after updating from last beta I have lost my only preset and a scene full atmosphere :(

    • Physical Addons

      over 4 years ago

      Hi Joaquim,
      Could you please write us at [email protected] or in the Discord help channel (https://discord.gg/wvzPVzj9Vr )? Together we could find out a way to retrieve your preset and scene.

  • Steffen
    over 4 years ago

    My tip thought would be to build the scene first and activate the plugin as the last element. Sometimes, when reloading files(allthough it is rare) there are glitches. But the plugin is amazing, honestly. The amount of life that it adds and inspiration that it gives, immediatly, is well worth the money.

  • Alberto
    over 4 years ago

    A must-have, for sure. One of the essential Blender addons. Takes some time to understand all the combinations but that's because it's finely designed. Epic.

  • TYO-79
    over 4 years ago

    Just a fantastic addon, a must-have for archviz, very flexible and intuitive, and the Last updated with Clouds is just a Gift for our renderings! Tks Dudes

  • Douglas Allen
    over 4 years ago

    It is amazing. I love the looks of my scenes now. I can't wait to make more. The only complaint I have is it doesn't have the moon, lol. Great product though!

  • Johnny The Goblin
    over 4 years ago

    Seriously, it's worth every penny!

  • Douglas Prince
    over 4 years ago

    After 20+ years of struggling with sky plugins and hdri's this plugin is truly a joy. Hands down the best, most artist friendly thing I've used.
    To top it off, the creator is fantastic as well! I was having troubles on Christmas Day and emailed him and he emailed me the solution back within hours. On Christmas Day!?!? He so rocks. :P

  • Adam Burke
    over 4 years ago

    Absolute must have. The lighting looks phenomenal and can really breathe life into your renders. The new clouds look great, looking forward to them coming out of beta! I also seem to have the occasional crashes unless i lock the interface on this (beta) version, but an easily fixable issue for an otherwise flawless addon.

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Details
Blender Extension Compatible Yes
Sales 17000+
Rating
154 ratings
Dev Fund Contributor
Published almost 7 years ago
Blender Version 2.81 - 5.2
Extension Type Add-on
Render Engine Used Cycles, Eevee
License GPL