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I was making an scene and thanks to the help of the people here, i managed to make a volumetric light..but now that i think the 'borders' are too sharp, and this light (seen on the picture) is nothing more than a deformed cube, so i need to know, it is possible to for example just select this single geometry and make it look blurry? actually what i need is to make the borders more blurry (like a light), but it could also help me in the future for references. (Oh, and I'm also using Cycles)

If anyone know how to do this, please let me know.

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  • $\begingroup$ Try changing the density of the volume $\endgroup$ – VRM Feb 9 '15 at 19:44
  • $\begingroup$ Hmm, i already tried that, but if i do that, the texture/color (white) also goes a little transparent, i want to still keep the color/intensity. :/ $\endgroup$ – beavoru Feb 9 '15 at 19:54
  • $\begingroup$ Hmm . . . I'm not sure then $\endgroup$ – VRM Feb 9 '15 at 19:55
  • $\begingroup$ related: blender.stackexchange.com/questions/15669/… and blender.stackexchange.com/questions/15669/… $\endgroup$ – user1853 Feb 10 '15 at 3:48
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change the object index and use this node setup in the compositor

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the id mask will create a mask from the object and the erode will give it smooth edges

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  • $\begingroup$ How can i change the object index? If i do that, it will not erase my previous node setup? $\endgroup$ – beavoru Feb 9 '15 at 21:01
  • $\begingroup$ in OBJECT tab under RELATION there is PASS INDEX set it to 1 $\endgroup$ – Chebhou Feb 9 '15 at 21:07
  • $\begingroup$ it won't effect your previous node setup $\endgroup$ – Chebhou Feb 9 '15 at 21:22
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    $\begingroup$ Compositing with dilate/erode (or blur) will affect the light circle on the ground too, needs testing IMHO. $\endgroup$ – Bithur Feb 9 '15 at 21:51
  • $\begingroup$ When i go to pass index 2 if i edit the nodes, the nodes dissapear on the index 1...why? $\endgroup$ – beavoru Feb 10 '15 at 20:00
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size up your mesh with volume shader. the light is supposed to be inside, but sharp borders are your meshe's borders.

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Or change the blend factor of the spot shape.

blend fac of spot light

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