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The Overshoot control effectively turns the spotlight into a hybrid between
an Omni light and a spotlight. With Overshoot set, the spotlight casts light
in all directions as an Omni light does but still casts shadows or projections
as other spotlights do. The shadows and projections are limited to the falloff
region: outside the cone of the spotlight, Overshoot casts light but does not
cast shadows or projections.
Overshoot is useful when you want to light a large area but need to cast
shadows in only a small part of that area. Set the falloff to include the area
where shadows must appear, and then turn on Overshoot to light the rest of
the scene. This technique can reduce the size of shadow maps and thereby
improve rendering speed.
PAL
PAL (Phase Alternate Line) is the video standard used in most European
countries. The frame rate is 25 frames per second (fps) or 50
fields on page
7777 per second, with each field accounting for half the interleaved scan lines
on a television screen.
Parameter Space
NURBS objects have, in addition to their existence in 3D space, a parameter
space that includes the array of knot values. NURBS curves have a single U
dimension in parameter space. NURBS surfaces have two dimensions, U and
V, in parameter space.
Parameters Panel
The parameters panel, found to the right of the
event display on page 7772 in
Particle View on page 2730 , displays the parameters of any action whose name
you click in the depot. The panel uses the same format and editing methods
as the command panel in 3ds Max. Display of the parameters panel can be
toggled with the Particle View menu command Display > Parameters.
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