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8 Aug 2024 16:18:13 EDT (-0400)
  Re: diffuse and ambient  
From: David Fontaine
Date: 11 Jan 2001 19:44:18
Message: <3A5E523E.7F1476DD@faricy.net>
Ron Parker wrote:

> Ambient is equivalent to "diffuse reflection from unknown light sources" and
> as such should probably also be included in the sum.  I always include it in
> the sum, at any rate.

That is what I find odd in the lighting model as there is also an
"ambient_light" global setting. Ambient background light is still diffusely
reflected light, versus an object's own ambience.

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