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Subject: Quadratic Spot Soft Shadows


MNArtist ( ) posted Wed, 30 November 2011 at 12:17 PM · edited Thu, 24 October 2024 at 3:22 PM

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Hi All -

Does anyone know how to more effectively create soft shadows with a quadratic, volumetric spot? See the attached image. Of concern is the shadows on the rock face (this is a hyperterrain). They're still a lot more crisp than I'd like. I've got the softness of the spot turned up to 10 and softness quality (in the editor) turned way up. This is just a final quality render, but the results are the same in ultra.

This is V10I on PC.

Any suggestions?


bruno021 ( ) posted Wed, 30 November 2011 at 12:44 PM · edited Wed, 30 November 2011 at 12:47 PM

You need to turn up the volumetric quality for the light, it's not in the softness parameters, but in the volumetric parameters. You should turn it up to +4, and expect long render times, but the result is worth it. Also, make sure that "Optimize volumetric lighting" is off in the render options.



MNArtist ( ) posted Wed, 30 November 2011 at 6:06 PM

Thanks, Bruno. That seems to have helped some. Now I just need to figure out the rest of the composition


MNArtist ( ) posted Thu, 01 December 2011 at 11:28 PM

For what it's worth, I ended up switching to a volumetric point light - something I'd never tried - and the results are 1000% better. Definitely long render times, but worth it, I think. I'll post the final image when completed.


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