Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Blurred shadows with ray traced shadows...how?

Mason opened this issue on Dec 17, 2003 ยท 14 posts


nerd posted Thu, 18 December 2003 at 12:03 AM Forum Moderator

No, you wouldn't normally mix them. In P4 you could make a reeealy soft shadow by using several lights like you do with a P5 to soften ray traced shadows. In P5 adding a bunch of lights with raytraced shadows dowsn't hit render times nearly as bad as a bunch of shadow mapped lights. I have a light setup that uses 12 spots in a cluster to create a soft raytraced shadow. I it renders faster than a shadow mapped light with a 2048 map. Poser 5's Mapped lights have a "Shadow Blur Radius" property that controls shadow softness directly. You don't need to fudge it with a low map resolution. That way you can use a high rez shadow map (So the shadows connect to the feet) and still get a soft shadow. Nerd