POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Floor configuration : Re: Floor configuration Server Time
2 Jul 2024 01:57:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Floor configuration  
From: clipka
Date: 11 Oct 2011 13:11:21
Message: <4e9478b9$1@news.povray.org>
Am 08.10.2011 13:42, schrieb Christian Froeschlin:
> clipka wrote:
>
>> If you think your floor is too dark, increase the emission of the HDR
>> sphere; you can safely set it to values greater than 1.
>
> but isn't it strange not to get full white with pigment 1
> and emission 1, regardless of environment? Even with HDR output
> it seems to me the output is maxed out so additional lighting
> and reflections have no effect (unless negative?).

As far as I understand, the pigment <1,1,1> is the pigment of the floor, 
while the emission 1 pertains to the HDR background. Which of course 
isn't all-white everywhere.


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