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MtoA Using a spot light how to get soft shadows

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MtoA Using a spot light how to get soft shadows

screen-shot-2017-10-26-at-113342.pngIn the image attached I have 1 spotlight and I am trying to get the shadow cast by the cube to be soft. I have hit most settings but nothing so far.

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Mac OS Sierra

Maya 2018

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Try the radius.

Radius

If Radius is set to zero, then the cone of light from the spot will emanate from a notional point source. With a non-zero value for radius, then the light source will behave more like a spherical source with the radius specified (although again with the light emitted being constrained to a cone). The larger the radius, the softer the lighting from this light source (zero radius will give hard shadows).



// Stephen Blair
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Hi Stephen

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