# Why is my shadow not straight?

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**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** Shadows, unreal-engine, Lighting, Rendering, question\
**Created:** [March 5, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/why-is-my-shadow-not-straight/309363 "2015-03-05T12:13:03Z")\
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Hi!

I think light map have low resolution and very high sharpness. Make the edge of your shadow slightly blurry. In real world shadow not so sharp.

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