
The shadow in Dome light+ HDRI setting appears to be smoother than Vray sun setting. Follow the parameters set-up I made for this test render experiment (See image 2.1 Dome light Setting). To change the parameters for Dome light follow the procedures: under ‘Vray Asset Editor’> go to ‘Lights’> click the Vray Dome light> under Light dome, you can see two main parameters (Main and Options). In order to set-up the Dome light: click the Dome light icon and place it in your SketchUp scene. Thus, optimizing the Dome light settings is important in order to produce a suitable environment in relation to HDRI map. Would be great if vray had 4 standard HDRI Domelights with corresponding standard settings.Using Vray for SketchUp, when loading a Dome light+ HDRI in default setting, the render result will be darker in nature (See image 2.0/ Setting 2.1.A).

The attached image is ok, but is there any way to make the sun seem brighter? ie more sun on the sunlit all looks like weak hazy sunshine.I have messed with the domelight texture gamma and intensity.but the sky just gets bleached and the shadows lighten too much. I was wondering about the use with this settup of the Sketchup Sun? I move it around with the Sketchup Shadows tab, is this the best way to move shadows? Would they be more "correct" if I rotated the Skydome texture? I have been through all the relevant Chaos group etc tutorials, this one mentions that the vray domelight turns the brightest spot in the sky to a spotlight, and uses that as the sun, but then to move the sketchup sun independently of the sky wouldn't be the best thing to do? Also how do i turn off the sketchup sun, i have tried ticking and un ticking within SKP the "use sun for shading", no effect.


I am using a HDRI image on the vray Skydome light, I have turned off everything in the Environment tab, the renders look ok (see screengrabs attached).
