"tasuki" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> 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?

Have you tried moving the light further away from the object?

Stephen

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