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Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Thu, 01 Jul 2004 09:56:17 -0500, Mike Raiford
> <mra### [at] hotmail com> did spake, saying:
>
> *in this way* :)
>
> 3.7.5: "POV-Ray uses the ambient keyword to determine how much light
> coming from the ambient light source is reflected by a surface" and
>
> 6.7.3.1 "Computing real ambient light would take far too much time, so
> we simulate ambient light by adding a small amount of white light to
> each texture whether or not a light is actually shining on that texture."
Doesn't radiosity attempt to approximate this?
Ambient has a totally different meaning in a radiosity scene. It emits
light, It will illuminate nearby objects...
> So if you think about it what is the location of the ambient light
> source and how do you trace a ray along it it through the media to
> sample along?
Hmm.. Not sure how radiosity works, but ... that would be the means to
do it. I've lit entire scenes with an ambient sphere before. It's slow
as molasses, but it does work.
> Gods I've been fiddling with media to long :P
Heh. I just started messing around with media. I've picked it up a few
time before and prodded at it, but never really attempted to get the
hang of it. It's certainly more tricky than radiosity.
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