Trevor G Quayle <Tin### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Try using an area light but with an open cylinder around it to limit the light
> to a spot.  You can effect the amount of soft shadowing by the size of the
> light/cylinder, etc.  A while back I posted a method for making a square
> spotlight using area lights.  It would probably provide a good starting point.
> I'll dig around and see if I can find it.

  Out of curiosity: Didn't you even think of trying to define a light_source
as being a spotlight and an area light *at the same time*?

  Because, as others noted, povray perfectly supports that.

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