A (hopefully) simple shadow question.

SteveM17

Hi,

I'm using 3delight and usually use distant lights, pointlights and spotlights mainly. Is there a setting for the shadows from them to be stronger without the light being brighter?

Cheers.

scorpio

SteveM17 said:

Hi,

I'm using 3delight and usually use distant lights, pointlights and spotlights mainly. Is there a setting for the shadows from them to be stronger without the light being brighter?

Cheers.

yes, with the light selected you should find the dials in the parameters tab

SteveM17

Thanks. Which dial gives stronger/darker shadow?

 

Sven Dullah

Here's a trick for what it's worth...note that this has to be used with care, it can cause unexpected behavior

If you use a very strong environmental light you may find it useful. Here, the plane and sphere are mid grey, as you can see, with a distant light at 100% strength and the UE2 at 100% strength with a pure white color, the shadows are washed out, and the mid grey diffuse color is practically white.

I select the distant light, go to parameters/light/shadows and turn limits off for shadow strength, the result with 200% strength:

And the same can be done with the UE2. Here's 100% shadow strength and 200% occlusion strength:

SteveM17

I shall experiment, thanks for the info.