Physical Starlight And Atmosphere 1.3 For Blend... Jun 2026

After using 1.3 for several weeks and scanning the forums, here are the "best kept secrets":

One of the hardest things to get right in CG is the horizon line where the sky meets the earth. PSA 1.3 improved the ground offset and shadow behavior, ensuring that the transition feels seamless rather than like a flat plane. Physical Starlight And Atmosphere 1.3 for Blend...

My sky is pitch black in Eevee. Solution: Go to Render Properties > Eevee Next > Environment > Check "Import Environment". Because PSA uses nodes, Eevee needs this enabled to "see" the world shader. After using 1

Version 1.3 finally delivers on the promise of a unified, physically accurate, real-time sky. The addition of robust Eevee Next support means that what you see in the viewport is 95% of what you get in the final Cycles render. The Milky Way overlay and improved Ozone controls give you creative flexibility that rivals paid engines like Terragen or Vue. Solution: Go to Render Properties > Eevee Next

solves this by discarding the static image entirely. Instead of a photo of a sky, it simulates a real atmosphere. It calculates the scattering of light through air molecules, simulates the ozone layer, and renders the sun and moon as celestial bodies that move through a three-dimensional sky dome.