Thanks AS, Here's the response I posted: "OK, see if I understand what I hope yopu may be saying.... If I create a sky or use one of the presets, and then select the "Soft shadows", let the nano preview do it's thing, and then select the preset triangle and save it, it will save the soft shadow selection? The only way I know now on how to get the Sun to soft shadow is to manually play with the settings. DO NOT, I repeat, do not use or click on any of the quick presets. They seem to negate the soft shadow button. Maybe Corel will get wind of this and fix it. We can only hope. ;-)" James