THE ATMOSPHERE

Shape & light

Cloud formationSEED 7351

Sun height42°

HorizonOverhead

Sun direction−52°

Cloud density1.55

WispyDense

Exposure+0.20 EV

Automatic render speed60 fps target

Adjusts splat detail to keep motion smooth. Resolution stays fixed.

Camera effects

Glare & bloom

Vignette

Color fringing

Renderer details

Resolution

Samples per frame

Detail shading

Scattered light0.85

Inspect the volume

Progressive sampling. Each sample adds new lighting and subpixel information to the image. Moving the camera or sun starts a new average.

Gaussian extinction is analytic. Lighting uses a jittered shadow volume and approximates multiple scattering. Method & limitations ↗

Shaping the cloud

Building a volume from Gaussian primitives

Cloud rendering paused