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5 Aug 2024 14:19:05 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Solution to the area light dilemma?  
From: Warp
Date: 7 Sep 2002 15:58:13
Message: <3d7a5a55@news.povray.org>
George Pantazopoulos <the### [at] attbicom*killspam*> wrote:
> Just a thought, someone mentioned that the POV Area lights don't behave as
> true area lights with respect to illumination coverage and photons,

  The last part is not true. Photons work well with area lights (actually
probably better than with a true grid of point lights).

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -


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