Am Thu, 03 May 2007 00:01:07 -0400 schrieb nemesis:

> Lukas Winter <web### [at] removeitgeloeschtnet> wrote:
>> This is the first time I see those incredibly soft shadows some
>> commercial renderers produce... done in POV-Ray.
> 
> I see you're new to povray. :)
> 
> Povray has got area light soft shadows for even longer than radiosity...

I have been using POV-Ray for about two years now, although not very
often. I know there are area lights but they don't have the effect I
thought of. Perhaps I should have said soft shading. I have the impression
most POV-Ray images have very "sharp" global illumination, everything
looks a bit too exact to be believable. Maybe it's the lack
of a light bleeding filter on the final image. As someone noticed, area
lights also only have an effect on shadows, not on highlights or diffuse
reflection.

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