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29 Jul 2024 22:22:10 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Area light questions  
From: Tom Melly
Date: 26 Jan 2005 04:34:43
Message: <41f76433$1@news.povray.org>
"regdo" <reg### [at] wanadoofr> wrote in message
news:41f755ef$1@news.povray.org...
>
> If you want to replace an area_light (say 4x4 with color <1,1,1>) is it
> equivalent to set a 4x4 array of individual point lights with color
> <1,1,1>/16 ?

IIRC, the answer is 'no'. An area light is not just a shortcut for a grid of
point lights. It has some limitations and some advantages (mostly speed and
softness of shadows iirc) over a grid of point lights.


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