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The author chose an outside scene with blue sky as a demonstration. This is exactly where one in reality does NOT have soft shadows due the the small apparent s
by sonium 11y ago
The author chose an outside scene with blue sky as a demonstration. This is exactly where one in reality does NOT have soft shadows due the the small apparent size of the sun. A indoor scene with an extended light source would have been a better choice.
- alexvoica 11y agoThank you for the feedback. There will be an article tomorrow analyzing more screenshots and presenting performance data too (memory traffic and rendering speed)
- murbard2 11y agoThere may be clouds lighting the scene behind the viewer
- Florin_Andrei 11y agoI disagree - and it would be perhaps helpful to actually go outside and watch physical reality a little bit for tons of counter-examples. Yes, the gradient at the edge of shadows is washed out by the "flood light" of the sky, but it's still visible. This is very obvious with shadows from tall objects such as buildings or towers - just go to the edge of the shadow and observe.