Diffuse (soft shadows) Lighting in Daz Iray by Pleblu, journal
Diffuse (soft shadows) Lighting in Daz Iray
Ever look at your render and think, why are these shadows trolling me?
Sometimes you want some nice soft shadows. But what do you do? The softness dial in the shadow panel is a damned lie.
You might have a setup like the one below. A simple photometric spotlight. You could perhaps use a point light but we all know by now that they are assholes who shouldn't be trusted.
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A way to approach this issue is to think about how a real photography studio is setup. Here's a link to a very simple explanation of how to set one up. In a photography studio diffuse lighting is created when a semi-see thro