How to make a sky using 3dsmax7 - Revision history

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‎The results

2011-12-17T15:45:50Z

‎The results

2011-12-17T15:44:52Z

‎Add a camera

2011-12-17T15:43:51Z

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2011-12-17T15:31:06Z

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← Older revision		Revision as of 16:03, 17 December 2011
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	[[File:Tut dn.jpg\|120px]]		[[File:Tut dn.jpg\|120px]]
	[[File:Tut up.jpg\|120px]]		[[File:Tut up.jpg\|120px]]
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		+	Once these textures have been applied to a sky shader you can use them in your map.
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		+	Please note : you may find your up and down images rotated 90 clockwise. If this is the case use an image editor to rotate them 90 counter clockwise.
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		+	<youtube v="Z1ABpbFZgmQ" />

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 [[File:Tut lf.jpg|120px]]
 [[File:Tut bk.jpg|120px]]
 [[File:Tut ft.jpg|120px]]
 [[File:Tut dn.jpg|120px]]

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 For the final image, the down. Save this as '''sky_dn.jpg'''
 [[File:Tut lf.jpg|120px]]
 [[File:Tut bk.jpg|120px]]
 [[File:Tut ft.jpg|120px]]
 [[File:Tut dn.jpg|120px]]

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 For the final image, the down. Save this as '''sky_dn.jpg'''
 [[File:Tut bk.jpg|120px]]
-[[File:Tut lf.jpg|120px]]
 [[File:Tut ft.jpg|120px]]
 [[File:Tut dn.jpg|120px]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:41, 17 December 2011
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	z -50		z -50

−	For the final image, the down. Save this as sky_dn.jpg	+	For the final image, the down. Save this as '''sky_dn.jpg'''
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		+	[[File:Tut bk.jpg\|120px]]
		+	[[File:Tut dn.jpg\|120px]]

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 Add a target camera to your scene, place the camera itself dead center of your scene, x=0, y=0, z=0, use the transform rollout to do this or if you prefer, by hand.
-Move the target to be at
+Set the camera FOV to be 90 degrees, this is most important - you can change the lens, experiment but always ensure the FOV is 90 before you start to create your skybox images.
   x 50
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   z  2
-[[File:Sky t8.png|right|260px]]
+This is the left image, save this as '''sky_lf.jpg'''

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 [[File:Sky t7.png|right|260px]]
-Add a target camera to your scene, place the camera itself dead center, use the transform rollout to do this or if you prefer, by hand.
+Add a target camera to your scene, place the camera itself dead center of your scene, x=0, y=0, z=0, use the transform rollout to do this or if you prefer, by hand.
 Move the target to be at

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:28, 17 December 2011
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	==Add a camera==		==Add a camera==
	[[File:Sky t7.png\|right\|260px]]		[[File:Sky t7.png\|right\|260px]]
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		+	Add a target camera to your scene, place the camera itself dead center, use the transform rollout to do this or if you prefer, by hand.
		+
		+	Move the target to be at
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		+	x 50
		+	y 0
		+	z 2