Inthispaperweproposeseveralmethodsthatcangreatlyimproveimagequalitywhenusingtheshadowmappingalgorithm.Shadowartifactsintroducedbyshadowmappingaremainlyduetolowresolutionshadowmapsand/orthelimitednumericalprecisionusedwhenperformingtheshadowtest.Theseproblemsespeciallyarisewhentheligh