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# 1 23-04-2006 , 08:09 PM
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Shadows too strong for glassy material

I am using a dielectric_material for three blocks of glassy substance for a model, but the shadows as the light passes through the materials are way too strong. I have ray trace shadows on, and have increased the numbers of ray trace reflections and refractions to 8 and 8, max depth to 24 and shadow depth to 3. I'm not using any caustics, since they seem to not work. Any idea how I can make the shadows more realistic (and coloured) as they pass through the material?

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# 2 10-05-2006 , 10:32 PM
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try adding photons in GI


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