how to make my grass lighter in the shadows ?
here is the example :
@jan1 , can you try to simply lower the shadow contrast intensity with the following slider:
Let me know if you’re not satisfied with the results afterward - you may then perhaps also want to increase the Exposure in the Main tab, even if it’s just a bit.
well i did that and it works for shadows
but whole image starting to look quite washed out …
Sorry to hear that - I achieved rather great results with just reducing the shadow contrast, feel free to send me an example rendering so I can see how washed out it looks. Additionally, if you’re not happy with the results yet try to also reduce the “Sun Brightness” in the “Atmosphere” tab - this will also make the shadows less dark. Perhaps a combination of that with the shadows slider will yield you the results you like to see.
Its possible @jan1 is looking for a setting similar to “shadow opacity” which can be found in other renderers. This setting allows one to change the darkness of shadows only, without affecting anything else. While we have workarounds in Enscape for still images using post production, for animations or vr the lack of such a feature is limiting when trying to create a specific look.
yeah it would be great to have it and adjust shadows ONLY
Thanks a lot! Do you perhaps have any examples of how adjusting the “shadow opacity” itself differs from that? (Or perhaps it’s called a specific way in other renderers) Afterward, this is something I will gladly forward as a feature request - this did not come up often yet.
Here is one example…
**Dens[ity]**Adjusts the density of shadows.
Increasing the Density value increases the density (darkness) of shadows. Decreasing Density makes shadows less dense. Default=1.0.
Density can have a negative value, which can help simulate the effect of reflected light. A white shadow color and negative Density render dark shadows, though the quality of these is not as good as a dark shadow color and positive Density.
You can animate the Density value.
That’s perfect, thank you. I’ll forward everything accordingly. Since we have not received that many requests yet when it comes to this particular functionality, it may still take a while until this will be added, if at all of course depending on the demand. I want to just add this to not get too many hopes up, but I appreciate the further input very much!
I believe the developers thought they solved this with the highlights / shadow. This is not the same thing.
Thank you for being realistic about the chances of it being adopted. I wont hold my breath.
I would love to see such functionality, too!
I was asking for this: HDR Button for Balancing Interior and Exterior Exposure
Would this help???
+1
fwiw
If we could turn off shadows altogether (while keeping all other lighting effects constant) it would allow for a reasonable workaround in post.
++1