Hi, I am now experimenting with the new version 5...and can't quite figure out where the sky light and color went when I checked the "Volumetric Model" in the Atmosphere Editor. I've got a little more light in the sky by adjusting the haze and fog up a bit, but the color is gray...and the ocean in the far distance is black. Light color generally in the scene is very nice. I checked the 'apply settings to sky and clouds' box. I bet this is something really simple, but after looking at the user guide, tutorials and posts here, still can't get it. Advice much appreciated here! best, wb

Volumetric atmospheres work differently than standard atmospheres, there is no sky color color swatch, you adjust the sky color by playing with the color of the fog and haze settings and using the "auto decay light" sliders, grey is the default so you'll probably want to change that. Generally speaking volumetric atmospheres are best used for "early morning" and "late evening" images, daytime scenes usually look best in the standard atmospheres, mostly because the fog and haze in volumetrics have a tendency to wash the image out, and simply lowering the values makes the whole scene too dark. The best advice I can give you is to start with one of the pre-defined volumetric atmospheres, using the standard atmospheres and converting them to volumetric sometimes yields bizarre results that you don't want to have to spend the time tracking down why it's doing it (like the ocean in the far distance being black). Starting with the pre-loaded ones will allow you to experiment with the settings and see the effects, so that eventually you'll be able to create volumetric atmospheres from scratch and know what sliders and toggles will have which effects. Hope this all helps, good luck! Volumetric atmospheres are definately worth investing experimentation time.

Great information and advice! So it really is all in the haze/fog settings! I really apprreciate this. I'll post it when I get finished. Best wishes, wb

Well, I've learned something new myself here. Thanks!