Separate physical sun and sky in maya

[johnjoe]

Hi, Please could someone help?

I really need to separate the Sun from the Sky colour in Vray 2.0 for maya is this possible at all? - I just need the colour to change independently from the sun direction...

Massive thanks,

Joe

[vlado]

Sure, there are several things to do; one is to pipe the sky texture through a suitable Maya utility node (HSV etc) before connecting to the V-Ray Environment slots. If you want to use a completely different sun direction, then you can simply clone the V-Ray Sun, disable the sun light connected to the sky so that it does not illuminate the scene, and use the copy to do the actual illumination - see the attached scene.

Best regards,
Vlado

[johnjoe]

vlado, you're a legend!

Thanks so much

Joe