POV-Ray : Newsgroups : moray.win : soft shadows : Re: soft shadows Server Time
8 Jul 2024 07:55:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: soft shadows  
From: Rick [Kitty5]
Date: 11 Jan 2002 09:19:44
Message: <3c3ef480@news.povray.org>
> Isn't there a 'soft shadows'-Feature in POV3.5?
> If so (I don't know really) this should be supported
> in a future version of moray.
> Very neccessary!

use an area light instead or a point light

point lights are just that, all the light comes from an infinitely small
point, you will get perfect hard edged shadows

area lights are essentially a grid of point lights, except you can have the
samples merged - giving you soft shadows (the default settings)

just has a play with only area lights


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