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Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 23:06:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Gross <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Shadow Alpha
To: James Jones/Nibbles and Bits <[e-mail]>
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>
>    Found that the instructions in the manual and the addendum don't
> work... i.e.: when you set the surfaces to black (Diffuse setting at
> 0%) no shadows are generated in the alpha channel image.
> One way I've found to get it to work is to set Diffuse to 0.1%.
>    You can also set the object dissolve to 99.9%, but then the
> "stand-in" objects won't cast shadows themselves (ray-traced variety,
> that is).
>    Is there a better way to do this?

If you were told to turn Diffuse down to 0%, this is wrong. All you have
to do is make the object black by adjusting the color. A 0% Diffuse
surface will not receive any shadow.

JG
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