shadows

[maria125]

hey

i'm having a problem when i render ... the shadows are sssooo dark (black)

how can i make it more soft?

pllzz help

[fahim108]

Post a screen-shot. Probably your render settings are wrong.

[Raudel Solis]

when dealing with lights and sun

final gather should always be used

if sun is active global illumination should be active as well

and yes, also post a screenshot

[ulrikov]

Yes, I have this problem also... This is the screenshot.

 

[saraedith]

Try adding some actual lights in the shadow areas -- turned down -- to add light ambience, possibly lighten up the area a bit.

[iskalipsi]

Ulrikov have you tried what Raudel Solis suggested?

[ulrikov]

when dealing with lights and sun

final gather should always be used

if sun is active global illumination should be active as well

and yes, also post a screenshot

 

What do you mean by final gather, Sir? How do you do that?

 

I've tried using the sky background and illumination... it did the job (shadows now pretty much controlled). Now, my problem is...how do I change the background of my presentation (it's stuck in the sky background)? I want to change it to another background.

 

How do I do that, gentlemen?

[iskalipsi]

type RPREF. then from there see ataachment for you reference to turn on global illumination and final gather. hope this helps

[Raudel Solis]

use the background command autocad 2005+

[ulrikov]

Thanks all for the help, guys. You really helped me a lot.

 

In due time, I can also help others as what you have done for me. This is my semi-finished work.

 

[iskalipsi]

You are welcome. Glad we helped.

[saraedith]

I also turned on sun and sky illumination -- which lights everything nicely -- without harsh shadowing. However, I can not get my walls and floors to accept any shadows. I have turned on "accept shadows" in each respective properties box. Any suggestions?

 

Thanks!

[Raudel Solis]

if your working with layers check if there something ominous about them in the layer properties manager

 

post a picture of your advanced render settings

[saraedith]

Thanks for replying -

 

I checked the layers properties and didn't see anything strange, or anything really related to rendering (save the plotter was turned off).

 

How do I post a picture of the render properties window?

[Raudel Solis]

wow, well im not sure if this will fix it i think this only applys to the viewport but use command

 

VSSHADOWS

AND SET VALUE to 2

this will set full shadows on

 

then again it might only apply to the viewport and not the actual render

 

 

2nd tip : use command

 

SHADOWPLANELOCATION

 

AND see if its elevation is adequate,

shadow plane is a virtual plane that .... allows ground shadows to be displayed

 

3rd tip: Is Default lighting on or off

it should be off if you have created your own lights

 

You can turn it off with the

DEFAULTLIGHTING

command

and set the variable to 0

 

4TH TIP IS

SHADOW MAP ON?

 

you can go to advaced render settings and find it

 

to post a picture in windows vista and windows 7 i think snipping tool is available in the start menu

for any other windows operating system

you can use FRAPS

3rd party software

http://www.fraps.com

[saraedith]

I've cut and pasted this to another document to refer to and to each try. Thank you Raudel!

 

Will let you know . . .

[Kobbe]

Rendering with a higher quality usualy makes the shadow look better (less dark)