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5 Nov 2024 14:24:09 EST (-0500)
  Re: Ambient occlusion experiment  
From: Samuel Benge
Date: 1 Jul 2007 14:25:43
Message: <4687f1a7@news.povray.org>
Alain wrote:
> Do you realise that's what we call "radiosity" in POV-Ray? And that 
> those so caled "ambient oclusion" are automaticaly generated using by 
> that radiosity algorythm? It just need dome tweaking of the available 
> parameters.

POV-Ray's current radiosity implementation doesn't allow you to use the 
result as a so-called "dirt map" - which would be useful for dirt in 
corners, chips on edges, etc.

~Sam


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