Vex opened this issue on Mar 26, 2008 ยท 12 posts
stormchaser posted Wed, 26 March 2008 at 3:13 PM
vexiphne - If you need to set the shadow softness quality on your own light, ie spot, point etc, you will have to set the softness degree first in the light tab as Peggy says. This will then open up the option of choosing the softness quality in the light editor. Yes, this will increase render times but it's generally a better effect. As a rule you will also need to render with higher AA to compensate for any grain you may have because of it.
Also, just to add, the softness value in the light tab increases the spread of the shadow.