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Hi =)

kinda simple question but is there a possibility to enhance the darkness of the shadows?!

greez

armin

You need to make them not so soft?

what lighting source You're using? =)

how can i control the "hardness" of the shadows?! =/

i use 2 planes with diffuse/emission material and one octane environment!

it's up to size of the light source. smaller source produces harder shadows.It's a rule of physics. Since Octane is a physical correct engine, there is no such a slider you can control the shadow opacity.
try to reduce the size of your light source and avoid of too bright enviroment light.

sadece wrote:it's up to size of the light source. smaller source produces harder shadows.It's a rule of physics. Since Octane is a physical correct engine, there is no such a slider you can control the shadow opacity.
try to reduce the size of your light source and avoid of too bright enviroment light.

exactly =) light source size matters. simple tip, You can have two sources from almost the same side to give slightly offset shadows with different hardness - in reality it's rare we have very strict lines..

If You would use HDR & want to get sharper shadows - play with gamma setting of Your map =)

thank you guys for the valuable tips! =)