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8 Aug 2024 18:11:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Invisible object that accepts shadows?  
From: Warp
Date: 26 Oct 2000 04:34:26
Message: <39f7ec92@news.povray.org>
Jerry Stratton <new### [at] hoboescom> wrote:
: Is there any way to use "no_image" with an object but still have it 
: *accept* (not cast) shadows? Or is there some other way for an object to 
: basically be invisible except for the shadows cast on it?

  There's no logical interpretation to this.
  A shadow is a modification in the illumination of the surface. A shadow
causes a dimmer lighting in some part of the surface.
  However, if the surface is invisible, it doesn't have lighting at all.
How can you modify an inexistent lighting?

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):_;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/


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