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marliton
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marlitonCommunity Expert
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May 31, 2019
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Feather shadows

  • May 31, 2019
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Hi. There is some way to feather the shadows in Dimension? I'm working with the box and I want a shadow similar to the cup.

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Correct answer Ussnorway7605025

looks like the cup had a spotlight [= soft edge] behind it at the time the image was taken

yes Dimension can make a shadow like that if you build the background image to have a spotlight | glow light but i would use Photoshop to add it

p.s, there was talk of adding extra light options into the test builds so it may be worth having a look at the portal and add your vote

Custom Light Objects – Adobe Dimension Feedback Portal

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Ares Hovhannesyan
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Ares HovhannesyanCommunity Expert
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June 2, 2019

There is also one possibility to set focus point on shadow and change Blur Amount but it not works perfect. May be you can work with properties of the button object material for achieving these effect: like roughness and glow. But as Ussnorway​ mention you can use Photoshop after rendering

Ussnorway7605025
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Legend
May 31, 2019

looks like the cup had a spotlight [= soft edge] behind it at the time the image was taken

yes Dimension can make a shadow like that if you build the background image to have a spotlight | glow light but i would use Photoshop to add it

p.s, there was talk of adding extra light options into the test builds so it may be worth having a look at the portal and add your vote

Custom Light Objects – Adobe Dimension Feedback Portal

    Ussnorway7605025
    Ussnorway7605025
    Legend
    June 6, 2019

    as a side note I had a go at making this with just Dimension. I'm pretty close but it took me more than two hours and 11 rendors to get it correct so I'd still use Photoshop or Blender as they would both be quicker

    davescm
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    davescmCommunity Expert
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    June 6, 2019

    Hi

    Just as in real life this is all about lighting. the soft shadow comes from using a larger light source. In it's current form, I would not use Dimension for this but would use Blender where it is very easy to set up light sources with hard or soft edges, and even use light emitted from object planes to simulate soft boxes.

    Part of what you are seeing is a diffuse reflection in the table surface.

    Quick and dirty in Blender:

    Dave

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