POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Future development of Pov Ray : Re: Future development of Pov Ray Server Time
31 Jul 2024 18:18:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Future development of Pov Ray  
From: Warp
Date: 7 Feb 2007 05:25:16
Message: <45c9a90c@news.povray.org>
Ben Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
> However, no matter how high your settings are, an ambient object which 
> is completely off screen will never light the scene, no matter its size 
> or brightness.

  Care to explain why? I can't think of any reason why being on-screen
would have anything at all to do with that. Radiosity samples don't care
where the camera is looking at. It shoots rays to all directions.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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