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Advanced Ray-traced shadows are similar to ray-traced shadows on page 8103,
however they give you more control over shadow behavior. Additional controls
are available in the Optimizations rollout on page 5130.
Advanced ray-traced
shadows cast by an area
light.
Interface
Basic Options group
Mode Selects the type of raytracing for generating shadows:
Simple Casts a single ray of light toward the surface. No antialiasing on
page 7904 is performed.
Antialias 1-Pass Casts a bundle of rays. The same number of rays is cast
from each illuminated surface. The number of rays is set using the Pass 1
Quality spinner.
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