good point, but i hadn't thought about where he is.  and isn't one sun
red?  although it doesn't show up in the lighting in the movies.  i
never noticed two shadows for anything in the movies.  at some points in
the yearly orbit, one sun probably eclipses the other.

Adam Coffman wrote:
> 
> ryan constantine wrote:
> >
> > the really bright areas on r2's head goes right up to the shadow line.
> > why?  i don't think it should.  plus, the shadow line is rather harsh on
> > the head as well. i think it should be more gradual.  the songle light
> > source has magnintude of color*2.  is that my problem?  you can see in
> > the closeup that only the blue on the head has the sharp shadow, but in
> > the farther pic, the whole head has the sharp shadow.  i need to
> > decrease my error bound for radiosity.  notice a blue chunk is missing
> > from the middle of his leg.  that leg is a negative copy of the right
> > leg, but the right leg doesn't have that part missing.  any ideas why?
> > also, you can see in the closeup, my original tracks, then my second
> > version.  i have a third version that looks better.  any other
> > comments/suggestions/critisism?
> >
> >   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >  [Image]  [Image]
> 
> (hopelessly geeky suggestion follows)
> 
> If R2 is on Tatooine, then at certain times of the day he would have
> two shadows from the binary suns.  Would this help with the shading
> problems?
> 
> http://www.starwars.com/locations/tatooine-iv/
> 
> Adam C.

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