soft shadows in Vray with out Area shadow?

[neods]

Is it possible to have soft Vray shadows? without using area shadows?

[natty]

hi
No basically ... Area shadow = soft shadows

[percydaman]

you can still use shadowmaps with vray using standard lights. i still use shadow maps on a rare occasion.

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[losbellos]

max area shadows workd very well, try that. Lower the settings and it will be quite fast and very good quality. Discreet little overdone that.

[trixian]

What is the benefit of using max's area shadows instead of vray shadows set as area shadows? Would have thought vray's would be faster.