Shadow is Too Light? How to Darken?

[Paint Guy]

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthr ... Background

Hi, I don't know how to get a darker shadow? I am using Ambient Occlusion in 2.5
Above is a link to another thread.Below is a link to the image. I am doing this in Blender 2.5. Can someone please tell me how to get the cube to cast a darker shadow? Here's an image of the render. Thanks

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/142/infplanerender.png

[psullie]

up the energy of the AO and select Both under Influence.

Also add a spot or hemi lamp to generate additional shadows

[Paint Guy]

up the energy of the AO and select Both under Influence.
Also add a spot or hemi lamp to generate additional shadows

Thanks psullie. I made some changes and its a little better (see links) I didn't select "Both" because I didn't like the look it gave and I increased the AO energy to 2.000. Increasing it any further caused weird shadow effects (not realistic).

I still can't get the shadow to be really dark. Is this because I am using AO? How can I get darker shadows like inreal life? Thanks

OLD
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/142/infplanerender.png

NEW
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9958 ... eplane.png