POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Brightness : Re: Brightness Server Time
28 Jul 2024 20:33:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Brightness  
From: Tim Attwood
Date: 5 Aug 2007 21:42:38
Message: <46b67c8e@news.povray.org>
> Hey Guys I am kinda new to POV Ray although I have been using it for the
> past 2 and half years. My question is how do I increase the brightness of 
> a
> point source light. I have been looking every where but couldnt find the
> right one. I had to use a sphere with very small diameter/radius and then
> increase the ambience. However, the results were very satisfactory. I am
> expecting some kind of point source light that is bright enough to light
> any object in space. Some help here.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Karthik

You can have colors in a light that exceed 1.
Example...
light_source { <-30,30,-30> color rgb <1,1,0.8>*10}

You can also control the overall brightness of a scene
by using assumed_gama in global settings.
Example...
global_settings {
  assumed_gamma 1.0
}


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