Attached Link: ftp://ftp.web-runners.com/shadowspazz.avi

No, not at all. If not, you get "shadow-spazz" which looks incredibly unprofessional and is very distracting.

Here is an example. It is a 2MEG Indeo 5.1 AVI. Shadow maps were set at 1024 and there are NO animating lights.

In fact, it STILL might happen with 1024 on some renders (yeah Poser sucks in this regard). Then your forced to use raytraced shadows, which are difficult to make soft -- but I believe there are some tricks. I also read something somehwere abotu using Shadowcams, but I'm not sure if it applies to this situation.

I also get lock-up using 768 maps, so it's not just 1024 ... it just probably happens sooner with 1024.

-Tim