shading problem?

[deneb26]

hi guys

i've got a little prob here. look at the pic, especially the marked area.
should'nt be there kind a smooth light-shadow transition?



for tipps thanks in advance.
regards
ale

[natty]

are you using vray shadows ?
if you are try changing from Sphere to Box type shadows.

[deneb26]

...the same prob

hi natty,

yes i'm using vray shadows

[x] Area Shadows
[x] Sphere (Box didn't work either)
UVW Size: 25,25,25
Subdivs: 6

ale

[natty]

try using a vray light rather than direct or something ?

[3dform]

That happens sometimes if you have a direct light with Vray area shadows set to sphere (somehow unlogic).

1.) Switch to Area shadow/ Box
2.) Try to increase UVW size

should work

regards,

robert

[DaForce]

All you need to do is tick "smooth surface shadows"

[dusan]

That can be pretty useful!
I rememer busting my brains when i was rendering a character, it also had such sharp transitions...

[deneb26]

...having still the same prob

thanks guys,
but none of the suggested hints eliminated those sharp edges!
well, maybe there's a workauround...

ale

[dusan]

Something just feels very wrong with your lighting in global. Could you post a wireframe setting of the scene and your light setups,

In order to have such a long shadow coming from that line of roof tiles (how's that called in english?) on the left side of the roof - the sun should be low, and yet both sides of roof seem equealy illuminated

Maybe you have some lights in the scene you forgot about and didn't remove them?

[deneb26]

hi dusan

here is a screenshot from top view:

http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/dpics/top_view.jpg

but i don't think this helps very much

ale