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#filtered shadows

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#175658From: Gene RadvenisJun 15, 1995 11:56 PM
Jonai, kaip einas sunkus darbai? It would be nice if shadow maps could be filtered. I noticed a lot of scintillation in shadows cast by a shade trellis ( essentially a rectangular grid) when moving up to it from a distance. Would it be possible to filter ray traced shadows as well or is that an oxymoron. Vytas
#175740From: Jonas Ruikis [ADESK]Jun 16, 1995 11:21 AM
<< sunkus darbai? >> As dar sveikas ir gyvas Vytai, << It would be nice if shadow maps could be filtered. I noticed a lot of scintillation in shadows cast by a shade trellis ( essentially a rectangular grid) when moving up to it from a distance.>> I found a 3DS.set setting called Shadow-Sample-Range that has a range or 1-10 and a default of 3, pg. 44 in the Installation Guide, that may or may not help your scintillation. I'd be very interested in your test results in trying to minimize the anomaly. << Would it be possible to filter ray traced shadows as well or is that an oxymoron. >> I passed this one past Gary and.. " We're currently doing as much filtering as possible with mapped shadows, and it's not possible to use the same filtering techniques with raytraced shadows. – G" BTW.. I liked your contributions this year for the Siggraph reel…jonas[adesk]
#175745From: David J. MarksJun 16, 1995 11:41 AM
>> I found a 3DS.set setting called Shadow-Sample-Range that has a range >> or 1-10 and a default of 3, pg. 44 in the Installation Guide, that >> may or may not help your scintillation. This is also accessible from within 3DS under global shadow control and spotlight shadow map settings as "Map sample range." – Dave