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Is there a trick to make the shadows cast by a distant lite softer?

VicSVicS Posts: 1,273
in Daz Studio Discussion

Is there a trick to make the shadows cast by a distant lite softer?

thanks

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  • TogireTogire Posts: 414

    The larger the light, the softer the shadows. If it s a point light replace it by a disc/square/sphere/whatever and increase the width until you are happy with the shadows.

  • VicSVicS Posts: 1,273

    it's only the distant light I was working with is there a way to make those shadows softer for that type of light

  • stefan.humsstefan.hums Posts: 132

    The Daz DistantLight is always a point light, shining from infinite distance, with no option to alter its emitter size. Therefore it always casts extremely hard shadows, this can not be changed.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040

    ...in 3DL ther was a "Shadow Softness" control .  Unfortunately this doesn't work in Iray photoreal mode. 

  • VicSVicS Posts: 1,273

    all right thanks for all the help

  • PaintboxPaintbox Posts: 1,633

    You can try working with fill lights, that's how photography works with hard shadows.

  • VicSVicS Posts: 1,273
    edited June 2022

    Yes thanks, I'm using multiple point lights, it gets shadow lines sosfter and makes the lighting iray preview look better too.

    Do people like using spot lites or pint lites is the best for filling large areas?

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