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sketchbook
12-18-2005, 02:51 PM
how do you get shadows to appear correctly with an area light? i have a really long skinny rectangle, and the shadows seam to be emitting only from the center of the area light - not equally along the whole light.
AdamT
12-18-2005, 03:09 PM
Can you post a screen shot and/or render?
sketchbook
12-18-2005, 03:56 PM
here you go (http://www.sketchbookinc.com/arealight.jpg)
AdamT
12-18-2005, 04:12 PM
Ah, okay. You have to turn on area shadows.
sketchbook
12-18-2005, 05:09 PM
well that sucks. wish i had the render time for it.
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