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30 Jul 2024 16:20:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why do I see something here:  
From: Tom Melly
Date: 2 Dec 2003 09:19:26
Message: <3fcc9f6e$1@news.povray.org>
"Christopher James Huff" <cja### [at] earthlinknet> wrote in message
news:cja### [at] netplexaussieorg...

> default of 0.1. I'm not sure what it does to make it *more*
> visible...maybe you're just seing more contrast. Try putting this line

That's right - without the ambient 0, both layers are basically a muddy colour
(w/o lights). With the ambient 0, the top layer goes dark, allowing the grain to
show. Overall the surface is darker with ambient 0 - it's just that part of the
surface is unaffected.


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