IBL and Sky

In iClone, the IBL and Sky are two individual sphere. The IBL sphere is invisible but emits lights inward sampled from a mapped image; the Sky sphere, however, displays the image mapped on it but gives off no lighting.

A: Sky Sphere - It is used to create surrounding background with environmental textures. B: IBL Sphere - It is used as light sources with HDR or EXR textures.

Their source images can be identical or totally different in accordance with the scenarios.

The Sky and IBL spheres are separately mapped with different textures	The lighting is different from the background.

However, you are able to adjust certain characteristics of the IBL and Sky at the same time.

Quickly Open IBL and Sky Panels

New fast Show / Hide UI letting one modify IBL and Sky settings more conveniently and quickly. One can quickly open the Sky Panel under Visual > Image Based Lighting > Sky setting After picking the sky, one can quickly open the IBL panel under Modify > Sky > Image Based Lighting setting The following hotkeys are also available for you convenience:

• Click the Sky Setting button in the Visual panel > Image Base Lighting section will open the Modify panel > Sky section.
• Click the Image Base Lighting Setting button in the Modify panel > Sky section will open the Visual panel > Image Base Lighting section.