POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Lighting : Re: Lighting Server Time
30 Jul 2024 14:22:26 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Lighting  
From: Warp
Date: 4 Feb 2004 06:11:59
Message: <4020d37f@news.povray.org>
Felbrigg <som### [at] microsoftcom> wrote:
> Can anyone give me pointers for lighting.  If I want to light an object on a
> tabletop, is there a quick way of getting a realistic sunlight on it.  I've
> tried making my light source yellowish ( the suns yellow/orange isnt it )
> but I still end up with artificial looking lighting.

  That's because sunlight is white.

  What do you mean by "realistic sunlight" other than a white light source
far away (or using parallel light)?

-- 
#macro M(A,N,D,L)plane{-z,-9pigment{mandel L*9translate N color_map{[0rgb x]
[1rgb 9]}scale<D,D*3D>*1e3}rotate y*A*8}#end M(-3<1.206434.28623>70,7)M(
-1<.7438.1795>1,20)M(1<.77595.13699>30,20)M(3<.75923.07145>80,99)// - Warp -


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