i should be able to render out the shadows on their own to tweak them, i did a tutorial on it but lost steam towards the end. the AO is over the top of everything at the moment, then the dof and match grain in after effects on top of that. also just noticed the difference in colour and clarity from my Eizo screen at work to my AOC at home, theyre both calibrated but i think my home one may be a bit bright.