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Bryce F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2025 Jan 04 3:16 am)
If you turn on Soft Shadows in the Premium render setting you'll get IBL SS but only a small amount. I'd say it's about the regular lighting equivalent of setting SS to about 5-10%. Needles to say it really slows down the render.
You may be better off upping the IBL quality. The guy that did the IBL algorithm that Bryce uses recommends a minimum of 512 lights (the Quality setting in Bryce) with 1024 being preferable.
I've tried SS in premium with 1024 quality and couldn't really see a difference. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the position of the IBL light itself. I changed the default position to one that has the light coming somewhat from the side. In the default position I have one hard shadow, after changing I get several overlapping shadows. Thanks for the suggestions.
Yeah,...........it's Bryce,............If you have a plain Ground plane (flat color, no texture) you can try rendering an object mask of it and use an image editor ( PS, PSP, etc.) to add blur to soften the shadows. The IBL function in B6.1 is great on certain object and landscapes however,.......the shadows are by and large going to be hard edged.
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This image actually used a dome of lights. Sunlight was disabled but the sky was still there and set to "soft sky" - and this was in Bryce5.5.
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Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)
http://franontheedge.blogspot.com/
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Can somebody help me out with this? Is it it possible to get soft shadows using Bryce IBL? All I seem to get are multiple hard shadows when I use IBL lighting.