here's the 'skyglob' recipe i used on this image .  i think it needs rectangular images, not the spherical.  IIRC, bb is working on a way to use the env. sphere, but they need rectangulars also i think.  it'd be nice to be able to use my stash of sphericals as skies.....

start lights

start light "Light 1"

AttributeBegin
LightGroup "Light 1"
LightSource "infinitesample"
 "string mapping" ["latlong"]
 "color L" [1 1 1]
 "float gain" [500]
 "integer nsamples" [1]
 "string mapname" ["path to your hdr"]

end of infinite light 'Himmel-Objekt'

AttributeEnd

start light "Light 2"

AttributeBegin
LightGroup "Light 2"
LightSource "distant"
 "color L" [0.75649095 0.87289506 1] # sun color
 "float gain" [1637.0247]
 "point from" [1.0153754 -3.1502762 3.7476354]
 "point to" [0.81230026 -2.520221 2.9981084]
AttributeEnd

lost in the wilderness

Poser 13, Poser11,  Win7Pro 64, now with 24GB ram

ooh! i guess i can add my new render(only) machine!  Win11, I7, RTX 3060 12GB

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