Thank you Tof, much appreciated.
The problem with Anim8or is that indeed transparency maps throw complete shadows instead of detailed shadows, as for instance the outline of a leaf. However in this image this is not important for the trees are too far to notice the difference.
Vue is a program specially suited for outdoor scenes and comes with a range of plants which render very nicely.
In this instance I used Vue because of the masses of grass used in this image. Here's a detail.
I am sure that in time all this will become available in Anim8or it's just a matter of Steve finding the time and the energy to write the code. In the meantime we all wait patiently
