Good day,
Paul Precht got me to thinking the last couple of days when viewing his recent screenshots. He mentioned using one of the sky/cloud files from his Kosmos collection. I figured I'd been missing out in a big way by not utilizing those files, so I converted the majority of the ones I had into .png files, and came up with 11 new and varied Clouds01 files!
Here's a link to view the screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHskvxu2Bq
Some comments about the screenshots -
1 . I was so excited about what I was doing, I forgot that the activity I was taking the shots in was at 17:00pm, so not
exactly optimum daylight.
2. I purposely used the default, clear blue Skydome1 file to showcase the new Clouds01 files.
3. In my collection, and I think I have them all, are 8 different Skydome1 files - not including the default file I used. I
mention this because this provides almost limitless combinations of skies when mixing the Skydome1 & Clouds01 files.
Using the other Skydome1 files will provide the multi-layered cloud outcome.
4. Many of the .ace files from my Kosmos folders that looked very dark, actually render lighter in OR, which I personally
found appealing. With limiting visibility and/or running at low light times of day, they will look darker.
I hope you get something out of the pics. Take the time to do this, and your options are endless!
Edit: What I failed to mention is, I am manually swapping Clouds01 & Skydome1 files prior to each OR session. If any talented forum member could come up with a dos swap utility to do this, that would be awesome!