Daijoobu opened this issue on Aug 09, 2000 ยท 6 posts
Daijoobu posted Wed, 09 August 2000 at 7:41 PM
I'm just wondering how to create soft/blurred shadows in Bryce. It's probably something simple I've missed but anyway...
Eshal posted Thu, 10 August 2000 at 5:54 AM
heya, Not sure whether this is what you wanted or not. I generally adjust the shadows in the squares that come up when you click on Sky&fog ...or I do it in the skylab editor. You can reduce the intensity as well as alter the colour to give you different effects.Hope it helps a little. Regards Eshal
I'm a genetically enhanced blonde...what's your excuse? ~Eshal~
Caligula posted Thu, 10 August 2000 at 11:24 AM
Go to http://www.bryce4all.com/tutorials.htm and read the custom skies tutorial. It will help illustrate the points that Eshal made.
Daijoobu posted Thu, 10 August 2000 at 7:37 PM
Thanx!
nandus posted Thu, 10 August 2000 at 8:39 PM
Not a stupid question at all Daijoobu! I'm tried all possible tricks to blur the shadows. Problem is that Bryce has a raytracing engine and doesn't use shadow maps like Poser. Raytracing renders precise and sharp shadows. Adjusting shadows contrast in the sky editor just decrease the intensity - the shadows stay sharp. When I badly need to soften a shadow, I duplicate the light, offset it slightly and adjust the intensities - the 2nd light being 25 - 50% of the main one. That way you get a softer border but a bigger rendering time. If the culprit light is the sun, create a spotlight with the same color and place it about the same alignment.
Daijoobu posted Fri, 11 August 2000 at 5:31 AM
thank you nandus, I'll try that.