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  Re: Dumb question that must be asked.  
From: Chris Huff
Date: 11 Mar 2000 18:52:58
Message: <chrishuff_99-D207E1.18544711032000@news.povray.org>
In article <38CAB807.F72DC823@pacbell.net>, lin### [at] povrayorg 
wrote:

>   The other alternative is to manualy adjust the brightness of your
> scene objects by adjusting their ambient and diffuse values in the
> finish statement.
> 
> example - finish { ambient .3 diffuse .5 }

It should be mentioned that increasing ambient will cause loss of depth 
in your objects. It basically sets the minimum level of light that will 
be used in the color calculations. Raising it will make your shadows 
brighter, going more toward a flat color over everything, with no 
shading.

-- 
Chris Huff
e-mail: chr### [at] yahoocom
Web page: http://chrishuff.dhs.org/


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