POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Soft Shadows? : Re: Soft Shadows? Server Time
8 Jul 2024 12:16:02 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Soft Shadows?  
From: IronLogic
Date: 8 Feb 2015 22:25:00
Message: <web.54d8280515c15fdc57b385d60@news.povray.org>
Zeger Knaepen <zeg### [at] povplacecom> wrote:

> I don't see how it's a workaround.

Well it's not a solution, it's just a convincing substitute for many situations.
For example you could use an array of area lights to sort of fake the soft
shadows for an omni-directional point light, and whilst it won't quite be as
good or behave in quite the right way, it could still be convincing enough for
most purposes.


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