POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : radiosity vs. double_illuminate : Re: radiosity vs. double_illuminate Server Time
31 Jul 2024 10:24:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: radiosity vs. double_illuminate  
From: Nicolas Alvarez
Date: 11 Nov 2007 20:55:36
Message: <4737b298$1@news.povray.org>

> Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>>>> Surfaces (and media) can have non-black coloring even without any
>>>> light_source definitions.
>>> ok, and how do you explain the reflections?
>>   Well, if a surface has a non-black coloring even without light sources,
>> it's obviously going to reflect from reflective surfaces.
> 
> come on, warp, you know that's not the answer I want.
> 
> How is povray rendering those reflections?
> 

If an object has a non-zero ambient, it doesn't need a lightsource to be 
visible.


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