Soft Shadows with Point Light?

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wolfcheck

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I'm trying to create soft shadows using a point light. I read that the more samples you have, the better, but the samples box is greyed out. It's greyed out on all the lights I try. What am I not doing?
 
I think only the Area light allows you to adjust samples. You may be able to achieve what you need by adjusting the "softness" setting. Click on the light in the object browser to select it. If you scroll down in the panel in the top right, you will see the "softness" setting in the "Shadow" subsection. I am using the latest official version of Cheetah, 7.4.2. I'm pretty sure in earlier versions each light type had adjustable samples.

Hope this helps.
 
And I should also add that this softness property only works with the Falcon renderer.
 
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you can fake it... 1 point light for lighting the scene (no shadows) one point light for shadows adjust the color. and intensity.
you will not get any blurred edges though. You will have to play with blending the brightness between the two.
Both lights at the same location.
It might work for you. Like I said it's a fake so.....
 
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