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Adding fur shadowing attributes to lights
If the scene were rendered at this point, the fur would not appear realistic
because it would not contain shadows. To correct this you must turn on fur
shadowing attributes for the spotlights.
NOTE In this lesson, we will render with the Maya software renderer. However,
the following instructions for fur shadowing can also be applied to lights set up
to render Fur with the mental ray for Maya renderer.
To add fur shadowing attributes to spotlights
1 Select all three spotlights in the scene by selecting Edit > Select All by
Type > Lights.
All three spotlights in the scene are selected.
TIP When more than one item is selected in the scene view, the Channel
Box displays the name of the last item in the selection list with three dots
after its name to indicate that more than one item is selected.
2 Click Fur > Fur Shadowing Attributes > Add to Selected Light.
This adds adjustable fur shadowing attributes to all three spotlights in
the scene that were not included with the default spotlights. These extra
attributes let you refine how the lights affect the fur on the model when
rendering.
3 Select Window > Outliner to display the Outliner.
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