Tim Attwood <tim### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
> With radiosity ambient 0 means an object doesn't emit light

  The reflection of light on surfaces is controlled by the diffuse term
(as it should). The ambient component can be bumped up to artificially
make a surface emit more light than it normally would, but ambient is
not necessary, and in fact for "realistic" results should be turned off.
(After all, the ambient component is only a cheap radiosity substitute.)

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                                                          - Warp

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