I'm just wondering how to create soft/blurred shadows in Bryce. It's probably something simple I've missed but anyway...

heya, Not sure whether this is what you wanted or not. I generally adjust the shadows in the squares that come up when you click on Sky&fog ...or I do it in the skylab editor. You can reduce the intensity as well as alter the colour to give you different effects.Hope it helps a little. Regards Eshal

Go to http://www.bryce4all.com/tutorials.htm and read the custom skies tutorial. It will help illustrate the points that Eshal made.

Thanx!

Not a stupid question at all Daijoobu! I'm tried all possible tricks to blur the shadows. Problem is that Bryce has a raytracing engine and doesn't use shadow maps like Poser. Raytracing renders precise and sharp shadows. Adjusting shadows contrast in the sky editor just decrease the intensity - the shadows stay sharp. When I badly need to soften a shadow, I duplicate the light, offset it slightly and adjust the intensities - the 2nd light being 25 - 50% of the main one. That way you get a softer border but a bigger rendering time. If the culprit light is the sun, create a spotlight with the same color and place it about the same alignment.

thank you nandus, I'll try that.