avoid double darkness

[kithng]

Hi,

when I composite my ambient occlusion pass , how can I avoid double darkness ?

what I mean is, I don't want shadowed area get darken by my occlusion pass.

thanks for any help.

[Hugh]

You could 'Min' together your occlusion and shadow passes before applying them to your render.... Although, if there's an area on your character that's self-shadowed, why wouldn't it get even darker when a shadow falls on the area from another object?