POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Sharp edges to illumination : Re: Sharp edges to illumination Server Time
5 Nov 2024 03:19:39 EST (-0500)
  Re: Sharp edges to illumination  
From: Josh English
Date: 26 Oct 2000 13:01:06
Message: <39F86351.C143C1C2@spiritone.com>
Warp wrote:

>   Actually, it's not as simple as you state.
>
>   The normal modifier DOES indeed affect the shadow line of an object (ie.
> the line that is between the part of the surface that faces the light source
> and the part that faces the opposite direction, ie. the line where the
> shadowed part of the object starts).
>   To see how the normal modifier affects this line, try making your object


It's nice that it works, unfortunatly the shadows are also important. What I
tried to do was place an identical sphere bounded by the light source to get my
shadow back, and it creates the shadowline artifact again... grrr.
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Josh English -- Lexiphanic Lethomaniac
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