• Maxon Cinema 4D

  Sky object with no parameters

  Posted by Jesenko Fazlagic on April 30, 2009 at 2:36 pm

  Pretty new to C4D and 3D in general here…
  I have C4D v10.5 on the Mac, and I’m trying to use the Sky object.
  I place it in the scene, but have no parameters for it. It just renders a gray background.
  Saw the tut on Lynda and trying to follow steps but no luck.
  Any clues?
  Thanks!

  //Jesenko

  John Hammond replied 17 years ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  John Hammond

  April 30, 2009 at 2:45 pm

  You need to apply a material or texture to it to stop it from just being grey.

  Double click in the materials manager (at the bottom left by default, or click Window/materials).

  A new material will be created. You can double click it to access all the controls, like to add a texture by loading an image file in the colour channel… for example.

  To apply the material to your Sky, just drag it from the materials manager onto the Sky object in the Object manager (over on the right).
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  Jesenko Fazlagic

  April 30, 2009 at 3:18 pm

  Thanks for your reply John.
  I am familiar with that technique, but I’m trying to use the fab Sky functionality I saw in the tutorials, being able to set the time, location, animate clouds, etc.
  Is that a separate plugin that needs to maybe be separately installed?

  //Jesenko
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  John Hammond

  May 7, 2009 at 1:46 pm

  Ah right,

  I don’t know, but I think it’s to do with Advanced Render module – which may or may not have shipped with your C4D depending on what package you bought.

  Good luck

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