vray shadows

[darkodobric]

Hello everyone.

 

I have a persistent problem with vrayshadows I cant fix like 8 months or so.

 

I have attached too images. One a snapshot from cristofer nichols vray tutorial, where he uses a simple vraysphere light and gets THAT. I am using THE SAME everything, and I dont get even similar results. Maybe because vray changed since that time he did the tutorial, but this is not only scene I have problems with shadows. Look at what I got, that is not a shadow. That is A JOKE. Standard lights are giving better defined shadows, when set to vrayshadows, and because of this problem or lack of knowledge I just keep avoiding any kind of vray's lights. Shadows are simply not visible. I know if smaller source light, crisper shadow, and bigger one is giving blurred softer shadow. I just cannot get it.

 

He somehow managed to get those shadows even without exposure control. If I did that, you couldnt tell if there is something in a photo, because without Exp control my scenes are almost black.

Now, with exposure set, and I set NO DECAY on either light in scene, as you can see. I cannot manage to get those shadows neither with standard directional, spot light, nor with vraysun nor any light I put into scene.

His image looks blasted with 2.5 multiplier no decay Vraysphere light, GI-irradiance map, brute force, and with all the same , and with additional exposure control settings my light looks as some stain from far away. No tutorial provided me with this knowledge all this time.

I even bought new computer one month ago, so its not the graphics card. Same issue on another machine. Same issue after almost one year of learning and practicing. I solved any problem throughout all these months that a beginner can stumble upon. But this shadow thing is making me consider changing renderer so I could keep my sanity

 

Please help me

[Scott Schroeder]

Post your settings. Not really sure what you are doing wrong.

 

Latest Vray, sphere light, no decay, no exposure.

 

As good as that tutorial is, it is very outdated.

[darkodobric]

I hope I included them all. Thank you very much...I will now try to do the same as you posted, while you check my settings