You can use mental ray for Maya’s detail shadow map to render colored shadows in your scene. This effect is driven by the
transparency color of the object, like raytraced shadows.
To render colored shadows with detail shadow maps
- In the Scene View, select the light that you want to use to create a shadow. The light must be a point light, spot light or
a directional light.
- Open the for the light shape node.
- In the , open the section, and set the .
- Expand the section and select the option under the attribute in the section.
- Select the option.
- Render your scene in mental ray for Maya.