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Subject: Soft IBL Shadows?


MKruczek ( ) posted Sat, 29 March 2008 at 11:24 AM · edited Fri, 26 July 2024 at 8:16 AM

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. 


dhama ( ) posted Sat, 29 March 2008 at 12:17 PM

Try 'link sun to view' or adjust the falloff.


dan whiteside ( ) posted Sat, 29 March 2008 at 12:29 PM

 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.


MKruczek ( ) posted Sat, 29 March 2008 at 12:51 PM

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.


sackrat ( ) posted Sat, 29 March 2008 at 1:27 PM

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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dan whiteside ( ) posted Sat, 29 March 2008 at 7:35 PM · edited Sat, 29 March 2008 at 7:36 PM

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 It really depends a lot on the IBL file. Here's an example of the two settings used with the kitchen_probe.hdri file. Edit: be sure and click on the image to see it full size.


FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Wed, 02 April 2008 at 4:35 AM · edited Wed, 02 April 2008 at 4:42 AM

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I've got some nice effects when using a lightdome or light *sliver* for a directional soft shadow.

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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FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Wed, 02 April 2008 at 5:59 AM

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Here's the same scene in B6 using the backporch IBL - but still using the lightdome as well:^^^

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