POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Stranger than fiction : Re: Stranger than fiction Server Time
6 Sep 2024 23:19:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Stranger than fiction  
From: Bill Pragnell
Date: 3 Dec 2008 15:41:54
Message: <4936ef12$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
>> (Isn't this what the "metallic" keyword in POV-ray does too?)
> 
> Actually the "metallic" keyword affects surface hilights only.

There are two 'metallic' keywords - one for highlights, and one for 
specular reflection.

> Which leads to another question: Do surface hilights really exist? Or 
> are they just reflections of the shape of the light source?

Yes, and yes.


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