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Sky in ArcGIS Pro

AnjaReimer — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 07:39:11 GMT

To make te 3D complete in ArcGIS Pro, I would like to see some clouds. Now it's impossible to turn on the sky.

Re: Sky in ArcGIS Pro

PavelSenyushkin — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 02:54:02 GMT

Could you elaborate on that, please? For example, how realistic do you want the clouds to be?

Re: Sky in ArcGIS Pro

LauraKranenburg — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 18:19:56 GMT

Hi Pavel,

From my perspective, I just want to be able to chose from a few static cloud backgrouds, high cirrus, puffy cumulous, and maybe a couple lower sun angles, not sunsets, but to give some depth to the horizon.

Re: Sky in ArcGIS Pro

PavelSenyushkin — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 23:22:21 GMT

I see - just for depth reference then, as a background. There are atmospheric lighting effects (Illumination/Show atmospheric effects checkbox in scene properties), do they help for the depth perception and horizon?

Re: Sky in ArcGIS Pro

LauraKranenburg — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:48:32 GMT

The atmospheric effect only works for global scene, and it's just a haze, and not adjustable. I am looking for a solution mainly for local scenes. Adjustable haze in the local scene would be step in the right direction, but what I'd prefer is a mixed cloud/sky effect above the horizon.

Re: Sky in ArcGIS Pro

JustinBerke1 — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:37:48 GMT

I used a layer mask effect in GIMP/Photoshop to replace the uniform background color with a static image of a sky. Pro still doesn't seems to have good solution to add an image file as a background instead of a color. Even if it's nothing more than an immovable background image and doesn't move with the scene, it's better than a basic solid color; and it saves an extra step of additional software for image exports.

https://i.imgur.com/7DtM6b2.png