> My plan had a "part two" to it (which I also didn't manage to do 
> properly) - I wanted to render the light and fixture, without any other 
> scene elements, to a full spherical camera, and use that as the 
> transparency map for the light in a real scene (possibly with the fixture
>  modified with no_shadow). If you get what I mean...
> 
> It's still on my list of things to experiment with, but perhaps as you 
> are having far more success than I ever did, it might be something you 
> would find interesting?

   Well... the experiment worked great and fast, but has a BIG limitation:
you cannot use area lights with it, because the "fake photons" effect
disappears (logically) due to the soft shadows... &%#$!!! :(

   Any ideas? ... I cannot think of anything that will overcome this problem.

--
Jaime

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