POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Control the Lights : Re: Control the Lights Server Time
30 Jun 2024 03:33:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Control the Lights  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 24 Oct 2011 03:59:44
Message: <4ea51af0$1@news.povray.org>
On 23-10-2011 19:19, cartun wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i have a question, i need a Light with follow settings:
>
> Light luminosity 70%

>
> this all with an area_light (for the nice smooth shadows).
> Is that possible?
>
> Teightness dont work with a area_light..
>
> I thank very much for your Help!
>

If I read you correctly, you need to use a spotlight. You can use 
area_light and spotlight within the same light_source{} block. The 
Documentation says: "Any type of light source may be an area light".

Thomas


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