Quote - If you can somehow get it where the shadow is sharp near where the ball touches the floor, then blurs more with distance, you'd have a very convincing area light fake.

Mike, look closer at my last set of posts. The ball is on the ground. Shadow blur near the ball is much narrower than at the apex. This has always been the case with Poser RT shadows. It is why we use them more. But the grain was always a problem. Now it isn't.

I'll do a cylinder next to show it more clearly.

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