Creating a New Ambience

You can create new ambience environments based on HDR images and 2D backplates. The new ambience is saved in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Ambience Creation Dialog Box
About Ambience Types
Ambience Properties
Ambience Panel
Scenes Panel on Tablet Devices

Create a New Ambience from Within the App

You can create a new ambience starting from the one that is assigned to the active scene. The newly created ambience automatically replaces the ambience of the active scene.

  1. Click Create Ambience in the action bar.
    The Ambience Creation dialog box opens, showing the ambience from the active scene as a starting point.
  2. Drag the HDR or 2D backplate image (in .png, .jpg, or .jpeg format) that you want to use for lighting and reflections from 3DDrive or your local storage to the drop zone, or use Browse .

    If you drag an image to the viewer, it is automatically applied as lighting and background.

    The image is added as thumbnail to the second position of the switcher on the right. It is marked as active and visible in the preview as well as in the viewer on the left. The top entry always shows the default image coming from the scene ambience.
  3. Optional: Drag another HDR or 2D backplate image that you want to compare with the first one to the drop zone, or use Browse.
    The image is added to the second position of the switcher.
    Note: If you load more than three images, the lowest entry is removed.
  4. Optional: Click the thumbnail of the image you want to see in more detail in the preview. Make sure that at the end the image is selected, that you want to use to create the new ambience with.
  5. Optional: Activate the Background switch.
    The background section is no longer grayed out.
  6. Optional: Drag the HDR or 2D backplate image (in .png, .jpg, or .jpeg format) that you want to use as a background to the drop zone, or use Browse .

    If you drag an image to the viewer, it is automatically applied as lighting and background.

    The image is added as thumbnail to the second position of the switcher on the right. It is marked as active and visible in the preview as well as in the viewer.
  7. Specify a Name for the ambience you want to create.
  8. Click Next
    The Adjust step appears.
    Tip: You can go back to the first step anytime to change your input images.
  9. Specify the properties for the Lighting and the Background.

    Exposure and Rotation are linked to the properties of the background. If you chose a 2D image as background, you cannot specify any properties.

  10. Click Create.

The finite ambience environment you defined by the selected image or images is saved in the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. In addition, the newly created ambience automatically replaces the ambience of the active scene. You can find the ambience in the content panel.

Note: If the scene already contains one or more products, the new ambience is automatically positioned in a way that fits its ground as best as possible to the lowest product in the scene. This is not the case when you assign an ambience that already exists in the Experience to a scene.

Create a New Ambience from the Home Page

You can create a new ambience from the home page by dragging an HDR or 2D backplate image in .png, .jpg, or .jpeg format from 3DDrive or a local storage to the app.

  1. Drag the HDR or 2D backplate image (in .png, .jpg, or .jpeg format) that you want to use for lighting and background to the home page.
    The Ambience Creation dialog box opens and the image is added as thumbnail to the Lighting and the Background switchers on the right. It is marked as the active image and visible in the preview and in the viewer on the left. The top entry shows the image coming from the default ambience.
  2. Optional: Drag another image you want to compare with the first one to the drop zone, or use Browse .

    If you drag an image to the viewer, it is automatically applied as lighting and background.

    The image is added to the second position of the switcher.
    Note: If you load more than three images, the lowest entry is removed.
  3. Optional: Click the thumbnail of the image you want to see in more detail in the preview. Make sure that at the end the image is selected, that you want to use to create the new ambience with.
  4. Optional: Switch the Background to on or off.
  5. Specify a Name for the ambience you want to create.
  6. Click Next.
    The Adjust step appears.
    Tip: You can go back to the first step anytime to change your input images.
  7. Specify the properties for the Lighting and the Background.

    Exposure and Rotation are linked to the properties of the background. If you chose a 2D image as background, you cannot specify any properties.

  8. Click Create.

The finite ambience environment you defined by the selected image or images is saved in the database of the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.

Create a New Ambience on Tablet Devices

You can create a new ambience starting from the one that is assigned to the active scene also on tablet devices. The newly created ambience automatically replaces the ambience of the active scene.

  1. Tap Create Ambience in the action bar.
    The Ambience Creation dialog box opens.
  2. In the Lighting section, tap Browse.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • Select the HDR or 2D backplate image (in .png, .jpg, or .jpeg format) that you want to use for lighting and reflections.
    • Take a photo.

    If you used a 2D backplate image, it is automatically converted to a lighting image.

    The image is added as thumbnail to the second position of the switcher on the right. It is marked as active and is visible in the preview as well as in the viewer on the left. The top entry always shows the default image coming from the scene ambience.
  4. Optional: Choose another HDR or 2D backplate image that you want to compare with the first one.
    The image is added to the switcher.
    Note: If you load more than three images, the lowest entry is removed.
  5. Optional: Tap the thumbnail of the image you want to see in more detail in the preview. Make sure that at the end the image is selected, that you want to use to create the new ambience with.
  6. Optional: Activate the Background switch.
    The background section is no longer grayed out.
  7. Optional: In the Background section, tap Browse .
  8. Optional: Select the HDR or 2D backplate image (in .png, .jpg, or .jpeg format) that you want to use as a background or use take a photo.
    The image is added as thumbnail to the second position of the switcher.
  9. Specify a Name for the ambience you want to create.
  10. Tap Create.
    The finite ambience environment you defined by the selected image or images is saved in the database of the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. In addition, the newly created ambience automatically replaces the ambience of the active scene.
    Note: If the scene already contains one or more products, the new ambience is automatically positioned in a way that fits its ground as best as possible to the lowest product in the scene.
  11. In the scenes panel, tap the arrow in the lower right corner of the scene thumbnail you created the ambience for.
  12. Tap Edit Ambience.
    The ambience properties panel opens.
  13. Specify the properties for the Lighting and the Background.

    You can create ambiences from the home page of tablet devices in a similar way as for desktop devices, by dragging the HDR or 2D backplate from 3DDrive to the app.

    Tip: If you want to take a photo with the tablet and use it as lighting and as background image, use New > Upload file > Take photo or video from 3DDrive. You can drag the photo then to the home page to apply it as lighting image and as background.

Create a New Ambience from the Home Page on Tablet Devices

You can create a new ambience from the home page by dragging an HDR or 2D backplate image in .png, .jpg, or .jpeg format from 3DDrive to the app.

  1. Drag the HDR or 2D backplate image (in .png, .jpg, or .jpeg format) that you want to use for lighting and background to the home page.
    The Ambience Creation dialog box opens and the image is added as thumbnail to the Lighting and the Background switchers on the right. It is marked as the active image and visible in the preview and in the viewer on the left. The top entry shows the image coming from the default ambience.
  2. Optional: Drag another image you want to compare with the first one to the drop zone, or use Browse .
    The image is added to the second position of the switcher.
    Note: If you load more than three images, the lowest entry is removed.
  3. Optional: Click the thumbnail of the image you want to see in more detail in the preview. Make sure that at the end the image is selected, that you want to use to create the new ambience with.
  4. Optional: Switch the Background to on or off.
  5. Specify a Name for the ambience you want to create.
  6. Click Create.

The finite ambience environment you defined by the selected image or images is saved in the database of the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.