In this quick tip I will show you how to quickly and easily soften the lights in your Blender scene
Soften Lights
I will show you how to quickly and easily soften the lights in your Blender scene
The basis for this is the soft box light which uses a filter to diffuse the light and soften the harshness of lights upon objects
I have a very basic scene set up in Blender
If I add an Area Light and rotate it, when I increase the power, you will see a hot spot on the object
In order to soften this hot spot, I add a Plane and place it in front of the Light
I will then parent the Plane to the Light – this makes it easier to adjust the Light
I select the Plane and add a Translucent BSDF material to it
In Cycles, you can see that the hot spot has softer edges