pookah, I can never remember if the dial is called zoom or scale, but whatever it is, that's the one. There's another trick if your light is a spotlight. Try selecting the shadow cam first, then select the light. You will still see the shadow cam view in the doc window, but the parameter dials will be for the light. Now when you use the dials for the light, the shadow cam view will change (because it's controlled by the light). Messing around with the cam and light controls together is the best way to find out how spotlights work. As you change parameters like AngleStart and AngleEnd, you'll see how they affect the view, and therefore, the final shadow. mac