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Controlling shadow darkness

Anonymous
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Hello all,

Is there a way to control the shadow darkness in the 3d window ?
Right now, I feel the shadows in the 3d window are a bit too light.

Can someone please direct me to the shadow settings?

Thanks
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Stress Co_
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View> 3D View Options> 3D Projection Settings
Open "More Sun"..... mess with the Light Parameter
I think Ambient Light is the one.
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Anonymous
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I know in AC16 you may have to play around with the actual wall material settings. Specifically in the "Reflection" ( ambient, diffuse, shininess) .
I found the cultured stone( CS03) settings to be set to very dark which led to totally black shadows on the CS03 materials on the shade side of model.

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