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7:58 PM, Thursday July 23rd 2020
Imgur its is the way to go, its quick and easy to use.
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7:58 AM, Thursday July 23rd 2020
Im not as advanced as you in the lessons and my response is mostly based on physics, so take my advice with a grain of salt. Transparent objects distort the light thus causing less light to reach the surface across said transparent material, so the cast shadow should be relative to how transparent the object is, although water lets through a reasonable amount of light, it still blocks part of it, so I would make the cast shadow considerably lighter than a normal objects cast shadow. I hope my response helps you and that it answers your question.
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