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  Re: Area light + thin object =3D3D3D3D problem  
From: tasuki
Date: 14 Sep 2007 08:35:01
Message: <web.46ea7fa13b1d16ab390600560@news.povray.org>
Hello!

> Your area light is *way* too wide compared to the item it shines on. You've
> got a cylinder 0.03 in radius and, in the 50 lights scenario, a light every
> 0.06. Obviously you end up with two shadows divided by a lighter zone.
> Simply cut down on the area light size (i.e. <3, 0, 0>, <0, 0, 3> ) to
> something more in tune with the target object size.

I see...

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?


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