Chapter 13. Climate and the Environment

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Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.

—Roger Nichols and Paul Williams

Even if you’re not called upon to re-create extreme climate conditions, a casual glance out the window demonstrates that meteorological phenomena are part of any exterior scene: A breeze is blowing in the trees, or water and particulates in the air change the appearance of buildings and the landscape as it extends to the horizon.

It can be a fun and fascinating challenge to create natural elements such as particulates and wind effects, as well as to replace a sky, or add mist, fog, smoke, or other forms of precipitation in After ...

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