Using the traditional POV 3.1g - how do I make soft shadows?  Should I
simply use an area light instead of a point light?

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Mike Weber wrote:
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> Using the traditional POV 3.1g - how do I make soft shadows?  Should I
> simply use an area light instead of a point light?
> 

That's what the area_light is for.

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On Tue, 9 May 2000 09:37:21 -0700, "Mike Weber" <mik### [at] pyxiscom>
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>Using the traditional POV 3.1g - how do I make soft shadows?  Should I
>simply use an area light instead of a point light?

Yes. For best results make sure that the plane of the area light is
perpenticular to the line connecting the location of the light to the
look_at of the camera. This is most easily done by first making the
area light lie in a plane parallel to one of the coordinate planes and
then rotate it into place.


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I think that the only reason why there's an area light is for making
soft shadows.
  I don't know of any other use of it.

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