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Lighting/shadow help
Building a scene in Cinema 4D v 10.5. I have a sky object, but am unable to activate AO. It’s grayed out. So I added an omni light; I’ve tried various settings but no matter what settings I try, the shadows are really harsh and unrealistic. Any suggestions? Why would my AO be grayed out? I put a “sky” material on the sky object; should I remove it?
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AO is part of the Advanced Render Module so I have to ask, do you have that module?
I don’t think you have to have a sky for AO. You need it for Global Illumination.When faking AO or GI I find using an array of 4-7 lights over each element in the scene in addition to a single omni (w shadows) in the sky. (Non of these would be set at a high strength.)
Try setting your shadows to soft and if need be use negative lights in places to remove unwanted high lights. I have seen really great renders with out AO or GI so long as you take the time to light.
Good luck
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Excellent! So much better. Thank you.
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