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  Re: Use of radiosity negates effect of normals....  
From: Severi Salminen
Date: 28 Mar 2004 12:56:29
Message: <406711cd$1@news.povray.org>
Christopher James Huff wrote:

>>...is this correct?   It's what I'm observing and goes along with what I
>>think I understand of the normal process-- just want to see if there's a
>>trick to get around it.
> 
> 
> It doesn't negate normals, it just doesn't take them into account for 
> radiosity lighting. Using "normal on" in the radiosity block will cause 
> it to take the normals into account, giving slower but more accurate 
> results.

It is quite odd that they are turned off by default. I'd guess that 
people using normals would also like to see them regardless of the 
source of the light...

Severi S.


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