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Can I turn shadows off on a geometry shell?

lululee1lululee1 Posts: 343
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Hi,

Can I turn shadows off on a geometry shell?

Cheerio

lululee

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  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 6,076

    Accepting or casting shadows, or both?  I suspect, strongly, it'd come down to what shader you had applied to the shell and which render engine you'd be using, which (to my limited knowledge) would mean not using Iray.

  • lululee1lululee1 Posts: 343

    I'm using an IRAY fur shader.

    The shadows are really increasing the render times.

    Any advice is appreciated.

    Cheerio

    lululee

  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 6,076

    There may be ways of doing it, but Iray is a PBR engine which means light tends to do what light does - cast shadows.

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,095

    If you want to save Render time, I suggest going into Render Settings/Optimization and set Max Path Length as low as you can (probably 3 or 4; if stuff turns weirdly dark you’ve lowered it too much).

    The problem probably isn’t shadows, it’s geometry; for Iray displacement to work properly you need to crank up subd a lot.

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