On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 09:40:26 -0000, Tom Melly wrote:
>My intuition is that diffuse and reflection should add to 1. Light falling
>on an object that isn't reflected is diffused and visa versa. Ambient, on
>the other hand, is a "fake" effect to simulate radiosity in a scene.

Don't forget filter/transmit and specular.  Those should be included in your
sum as well.

Ambient is equivalent to "diffuse reflection from unknown light sources" and
as such should probably also be included in the sum.  I always include it in
the sum, at any rate.

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