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shadow softness and point lights

srieschsriesch Posts: 4,241
in Daz Studio Discussion

Is there a way to create soft shadows when using point lights, or is that simply not possible?  Or was there some third party point light that does it?

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  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 5,997

    Iray or 3Delight?  With Iray what you get is pretty much what happens in real-life so shadows will be sof(er) if light passes through a 'diffuser' or light (think of the pale shadows of sunlight thropugh a cloud layer), etc.  If in 3Delight there should be a shadow softness dial available on the light.

  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,241
    edited February 2017

     

    3DL.  I don't see any shadow softness parameter for pointlights, only for spotlights.  (I'm using 4.8 if it matters.)

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  • bluejauntebluejaunte Posts: 1,922

    Some light properties are hidden when 3Delight is selected as renderer. You see them when you 'Show Hidden Properties', although I'm assuming they are hidden because they don't do anything? In Iray you would set the light geometry to say Rectangle and increase height and width to get softer shadows, just like real light the bigger the softer.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,475
    bluejaunte said:

    Some light properties are hidden when 3Delight is selected as renderer. You see them when you 'Show Hidden Properties', although I'm assuming they are hidden because they don't do anything?

    That's right.

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