Sky Outside Window

[ivanjay]

Hi all,

 

I am new to vray (trying my first rendering with it). I would say I am intermediate at mental ray but wanted to make the switch as vray seems to be more stable...

 

Anyway, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the "sky" outside my windows. I have vray sunlight and my windows are bright white. I put sky maps in the environment slots as I used to and nothing...

 

I have been searching for help but cannot seem to locate anything.

 

I am sure this is simple so thanks in advance for the help!

 

Oh, side note... I never used HDRI maps. Am I better off doing HDRI as a sky background? I always shoot interior scenes.

[acjwalker]

What are your colour map settings? this will probably correct it.

[ivanjay]

What are your colour map settings? this will probably correct it.

 

Exponential

Dark Multiplier 1.0

Bright Multiplier 0.8

Gamma 2.2

 

Affect Background Checked

 

Where should I have the map inserted? Right now it is out of the model so I can continue on other things.

[Joseph Petrino]

Uncheck "affect background" while you troubleshoot the problem.

[braddewald]

What kind of a sky are you using? If it is the vraysky map then I think I can help. If you check manual sun node on the map (after dragging it from the environment slot into your material editor of course) then you can adjust the sun multiplier. To go from bright white to sky I usually have to go to around .1 on the multiplier. I hope that this is what you are talking about. Also, if you are using a physical camera, you may need to change your f-number or ISO to let less light in.