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to use deep shadowmaps in movie production without expecting them to apply to
smoke or fog or to translucent objects. However, its applicability to participating
media was soon discovered by the artists. Afterwards, the deep shadow map
method was added to the in-house production renderer and also to commercial
rendering software. It has since established itself as the most efficient method for
generating shadows in dense volumetric environments.
