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From: incognito
Date: 26 Nov 2003 16:20:01
Message: <web.3fc517e6b2b1540ce18455500@news.povray.org>

Christoph Hormann wrote:
>incognito wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was wondering how I can make an object generate light for a radiosity
>> scene? Reference to the documentation are welcome. I am somewhat confused
>> if this is done differently for radiosity than what is mentioned in the
>> documentation I have seen so far.
>
>I don't see anything wrong in the docs about this issue.  You can
>increase the emission of radiance of a surface by increasing the ambient
>finish component.  It is also mentioned as an example in the radiosity
>tutorial:
>
>http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/106/
>
>(note the online version misses the image texts)
>
>Christoph

Thanks for your reply.

Don't get me wrong - I have no problems w/the documentation.

Just confused cause I need to do both radiosity and ray tracing for this
first POV-ray assignment I've ever had and am learning a lot of info in a
short amt of time.

Thanks.
>
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