Cousin Ricky <rickysttATyahooDOTcom> wrote:
> Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> > Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> > > >> http://koti.kapsi.fi/warp/media/pov37_test2.png
> > > >> http://koti.kapsi.fi/warp/media/pov37_test4.png
> >
> > > As far as I'm concerned, the default ambient is just a place holder.
> > > That said, on those occasions when I forgo radiosity, my ambient value
> > > is usually greater than rgb 0.1, even though I use assumed_gamma 1.  The
> > > scenes in which I use less than rgb 0.1 all have a very dark
> > > environment.  This is to say that rgb 0.1 is a perfectly fine default,
> > > and I would certainly not lower it.
> >
> > You honestly think that pov37_test4.png looks better than pov37_test2.png
> > above?

> I did not say that.  I said that the problem with pov37_test4.png is in the lack
> of ambient inclusion, not the ambient light level.

The question is how POV-Ray should act by default, when there is no #default
directive specifying the ambient finish. Should it produce the first or the
second image? Why should it procude the second image?

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                                                          - Warp

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