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From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 2 Mar 2002 11:16:03
Message: <3C80FABA.930F11A3@gmx.de>

Lieut_Data wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to have reflected illumination, that is a light source
> bounces off a mirror, and lights up objects in that newly reflected path?
> 
> I experimented using a spotlight on a mirror pointing at the reflection of
> an object, but no success -- I hope I am missing something, and this is not
> a limitation of Pov-Ray --
> 

It is not a limitation of POV-Ray, but a limitation of raytracing in
general.  In POV-Ray you can use photon mapping to get this effect though.

Christoph

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