"Do you have an example of the "soft" render to check out?

"Do you have an example of the "soft" render to check out?"

Are you referring to Sketchy Shadows or Soft Shadows?

Soft Shadows is done entire from SketchUp by merging SketchUp images with the sun in different positions

Sketchy Shadows places a SketchUp texture on all surfaces and then grabs the shadows on these surfaces