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Shadow cascades

Resources for reducing pixelated shadows from a Directional Light by using multiple shadow maps.
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Resources for reducing pixelated shadows from a directional light by using multiple shadow maps.

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Description

Introduction to shadow cascadesUnderstand how shadow cascades help you improve shadow quality without increasing the shadow map resolution.
Configure shadow cascadesIncrease or decrease the number of shadow cascades to balance shadow quality with rendering time.
Performance impact of shadow cascadesHow shadow cascades affect performance.
Implementation detailsTechnical implementation details of shadow cascades.