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But as for the "placement" of the cloud formations, there's a relatively simple way to try, and that's to rotate the camera/scene - I occasionally do that to get the position right. It's a "cheap" solution, of course (as opposed to fiddling with the metanodes) but it's quick :)
It's also a nifty  trick if you work with HDRI maps.

• Lars "bigbraader"

Hi Lars,

Sure you can do that.

I am aware that having my suggestion to start with a camera position around 0/0/0 and a camera yaw of -180, and then offsetting the layer from within the FE may sound a bit like a restriction/detour. On the other hand it makes certain that you are actually able to move the cloud layer in a controlled manner and  not get confused.
Personally, when Im  working on a scene (which does not happen too much these days) and Im using clouds I often have an idea where I want to have them. And that`s when I find it most useful to have a solution to move the cloud layer, with X shifting the layer left/right and with  Y  forth/back.

In the end it`s just a suggestion and everyone is free to ignore it .

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