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Hi guys, is there a way to navigate the position of the octane daylight sun position via a rotation gizmo? I use this method in Cinema 4d so it would be great to be able to do it in blender.

It is possible using ball gizmo:

ah yes but is there a way to have a transform gizmo in the viewpoint control the sun and sky rotation?

Add a 2D or 3D transform node to your HDRI Image Tex node. The X and Y translation fields will rotate the HDRI in the x or y direction.

In cinema I can use a transform gizmo in the viewport to adjust the sun position. Trying to get blender to match the ease of cinema 4d as much as possible for speed. If I had to go into the node editor is a path I would only use for maybe more precision. I should have added I wanted a transform gizmo controlling the direction (rotation) in the ‘viewport’ in my first post.

grimm wrote:Add a 2D or 3D transform node to your HDRI Image Tex node. The X and Y translation fields will rotate the HDRI in the x or y direction.

hdri-trans.png

It will rotate the HDRI, not the Daylight sun.

Next build will offer an Object Transformation node that right now is not compatible with the Sun Direction input. Being able to control the Sun direction using an object or a light in the scene is a feature I've asked for already, even if not a priority right now.

Thanks for the reply.

Sure!

did anyone find the solution? I would like to control the sun in the viewport like blender sun

linograndiotoy wrote:

grimm wrote:Add a 2D or 3D transform node to your HDRI Image Tex node. The X and Y translation fields will rotate the HDRI in the x or y direction.

hdri-trans.png

Being able to control the Sun direction using an object or a light in the scene is a feature I've asked for already, even if not a priority right now.

is this already possible?