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Image Copyright Holger Schömann.
The above scene was lit using one Omni light, an Area light with Area shadow, and rendered using
“Ambient Occlusion” (Advanced Render module). The Area light is rectangular and was placed in the
window opening.
Types of shadow
This section describes the different types of shadow you can select for the Shadow option on the
General page. The Shadow page itself is described later in this chapter.
Soft shadow. Hard shadow Area shadow.
You can combine different light source types with different shadow types For example, an area light
can cast not only area shadows, but hard shadows as well.