diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR.materialtype b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR.materialtype
index a83721f0b1..ef1d2539f6 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR.materialtype
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR.materialtype
@@ -1254,9 +1254,9 @@
                     "displayName": "    Scale",
                     "description": "Strength of transmission",
                     "type": "float",
-                    "defaultValue": 3.0,
+                    "defaultValue": 0.01,
                     "min": 0.0,
-                    "softMax": 100.0
+                    "softMax": 1.0
                 }
             ],
             "detailLayerGroup": [
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/Skin.materialtype b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/Skin.materialtype
index 39cbe21a18..33b07bb86b 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/Skin.materialtype
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/Skin.materialtype
@@ -668,9 +668,9 @@
                     "displayName": "    Scale",
                     "description": "Strength of transmission",
                     "type": "float",
-                    "defaultValue": 3.0,
+                    "defaultValue": 0.01,
                     "min": 0.0,
-                    "softMax": 100.0
+                    "softMax": 1.0
                 }
             ],
             "wrinkleLayers": [
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/ShaderLib/Atom/Features/PBR/BackLighting.azsli b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/ShaderLib/Atom/Features/PBR/BackLighting.azsli
index 7c5e4732cd..a550180f9c 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/ShaderLib/Atom/Features/PBR/BackLighting.azsli
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/ShaderLib/Atom/Features/PBR/BackLighting.azsli
@@ -65,18 +65,18 @@ float3 GetBackLighting(Surface surface, LightingData lightingData, float3 lightI
             
             {
                 // Irradiance arround surface point. 
-                // Begin the transmittance dot product slightly before it would with the regular dot(N,L)
-                float E = max(lightingData.angleOffset + dot(-surface.normal, dirToLight),0.0);
+                // Increase angle of influence (angle(N,L) -> angle(N,L) + acos(angleOffset)) to smoothen transition regions
+                float3 E = surface.albedo * max(lightingData.angleOffset + dot(-surface.normal, dirToLight),0.0);
 
-                // Transmission distance computed from shadowmaps modulated by editor-exposed parameters
-                float s = transmissionDistance * surface.transmission.thickness * (100 - transmissionParams.w);
+                // Transmission distance modulated by editor-exposed scale parameter
+                float s = transmissionDistance / (transmissionParams.w * transmissionParams.w);
                 
                 // Use scattering color to weight thin object transmission color
                 const float3 invScattering = rcp(transmissionParams.xyz);
                 
                 // Albedo at front (surface point) is used to approximate irradiance at the back of the object
                 // See observation 4 in [Jimenez J. et al, 2010] 
-                result = TransmissionKernel(s, invScattering) * lightIntensity * surface.albedo * E;
+                result = TransmissionKernel(s, invScattering) * lightIntensity * E;
                 // result = T(s) * lightIntensity * surface.albedo * E;
             }
             break;