Forum: Bryce


Subject: Puzzled by shadows, needs some insight

Doublecrash opened this issue on Mar 09, 2003 ยท 11 posts


Doublecrash posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 8:28 AM

Hi everyone. I stumbled upon a problem in my last posted image (you can see a reduced/censored version above). My shadows somewhat disappeared during the process of ligthing, thus inducing the viewers (and myself) to think that the woman was "floating" over the ground. Some details: there are 4 radials at the back of the woman at various heights, 1 radial inside the boiler/furnace, plus 2 negative radials in the farthest corners of the room to give some shadows and roughness. The medium intensity of the positive radials is 12, linear, yellowish color. They all have soft shadows settings very similar, about 65/100. The image is rendered at 64rpp using soft shadows and DOF premium FX. The ground has almost no specularity and none reflectivity at all. So, I'm really baffled here. There's someone who could point me out what she/he thinks about my shadows disappearing? Thanx in advance, Stefano