I've used as much as 24 Omni lights in the form of a rectangle to create soft light. Instead, use a bank of lights much like you would see in a soft light on a movie set.
Regarding Scanline.which I think gets a bad wrap because if you know how light works, you can make some very realistic looking scenes with fast render time.Īnyway, my tip is if you want to create soft shadows in Scanline, DON'T USE AREA SHADOWS.
I only mention this tip because I don't see many others doing this, even though I'm sure this is not an original idea.