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29 Jul 2024 02:34:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Area light + thin object =3D3D3D3D problem  
From: Christian Froeschlin
Date: 14 Sep 2007 16:08:59
Message: <46eaea5b$1@news.povray.org>
tasuki wrote:

> But when I make the area smaller, I get too sharp shadows. I'd like really
> soft shadows... is there any way of creating soft shadows with thin
> objects?

Well, if you go to 150 lights the spacing is at least smaller than
the object width and the light streak in the center goes away. Also,
you can use a lot of lights in the z direction and less lights for
the other axis (although it feels like a 30x30 grid renders a lot
faster than 1x150).


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