Lighter shadows

[HenryD]

Is there any way to get lighter shadows when rendering like you can lighten or darken shadows in the shaded views. I have the shadows set to the lightest rendering setting but I would still like them lighter. I had to go into photoshop to lighten up the column shadows. It would be nice to be able to get lighter shadows in the original rendering. I guess I could go with all artifical lights.

[dzatto]

Have you looked at the exposure settings? After you render, you can change some settings, shadows being one of them. Although, I think the default is 0.2 so there's not much room to lighten them. It's in the render dialogue box near the bottom.

[Munkholm]

Set the time to dusk, dawn or night and then use "Adjust Exposure" to get a brighter "Exposure Value"
This will give you some very soft shadows :beer:

[HenryD]

Thanks for the suggestions. My shadow setting in the exposure settings is at 0.1 which is the lowest. I had previously done a rendering with the time of day set to 2:30 am to get a very white rendering and soft shadows..it looked great on the computer screen, but when I printed it out it looked pretty faded without much punch. I think I might experiment with using artificial lighting instead of the sun. Thanks again.

[Munkholm]

Artificial lighting will also give you dark shadows, unless you plan to place multiple lights (artificial suns) to brighten up the shaded areas?

Seems like too much work, with a lot of trial and error before you´ll get a satisfying result. I think I´d go for post editing in PS

Good luck to you! :beer:

[achohan]

Just to add to these solutions, under 'graphic display options' in the properties menu, you can find under 'lighting' a scroll that allow you to adjust the strength of shadow darkness.

[congkyvt]

very good ! I like this