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Subject: Re: Lighting for Architectural
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Question: It won't cast a shadow, or because of the light being in the same
place as the camera, the camera (and you) won't be able to see it?


                                        Mike Crumpler


>In order for LW to cast a shadow of an object onto another, there must be
>normals facing the shadow receiver. Casting a light from the camera
>position onto a single sided poly that is facing the camera will not cast
>a shadow onto an object behind it. Turning on Double Sided or turning the
>polygon around will.
>
>TIP: Use a single sided poly facing away from camera to cast a shadow
>onto other objects. The camera will see straight through it because the
>normal is pointing the other way.
>
>JG
>
>
Mike Crumpler
Space Power Institute
Auburn University, Al.
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