Hi, Kix, I have noticed the floating heel problem. What soft shadows option are you talking about? I'm using the one on the light's effect's tab. What's the other one? I only see that one in the manual. I'm still using CS2.1. I have the beta but I like my plugins and haven't switched yet. I was thinking of turning off soft shadows entirely because GI seems to have already softened up the shadows (and I don't like the floating heel effect.) Marc