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Shadow Parameters
Create panel > Lights > Create a light. > Shadow
Parameters rollout
A bridge’s shadow cast by sunlight
The Shadow Parameters rollout is displayed for a l l
light types except Skylight and IES Sky, and for all
shadow types. It lets you set shadow colors and
other general shadow properties.
The controls also let atmospheric effects cast
shadows.
See also
Advanced Ray-Traced Pa rameters Rollout (page
2–1356)
Area Shadows Rollout (page 2–1357)
mental ray Shadow Map Rollout (page 2–1360)
Optimizations Rollout (page 2–1361)
Ray-Traced Shadow Parameters Rollout (page
2–1363)
Shadow Map Parameters Rollout (page 2–1363)
Interfa ce
Co lor—Displays a Color S elector (page 1–161) to
choose a color for the shadows cast by this light.
Default=black.
You can animate the shadow color.
Dens. (densit y)—Adjusts the density of shadows.
The shadow den sit y increases from right to left.
IncreasingtheDensityvalueincreasesthedensity
(darkness) of shadows. Decreasing Density ma kes
shadows less dense. Default=1.0.
Density can have a negative value, which can
help simulate the effect of reflected light. A white
shadow color and negative Density render dark
shadows, though the quality of these is not as good
as a dark shadow color and positive Density.