"Alain" <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote in message 
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> Not tested.
> Maybe by making the plain no_reflection no_shadow so that it don't show in 
> the reflections but shows directly. Then using another plain just below, 
> only visible in the reflections with double_illuminate. Place a second 
> light_source under your scene and project_trough a negative light with an 
> inverted copy of the "ghost" object to make the shadow appears.
> The no_shadow for the top surface permit the bottom one to receive the 
> main light and cast shadows. The gap between the two surfaces must be very 
> small comparatively to the scene scale.
>
Thanks for the use of your brain cells. I will test it tonight

John

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