Le Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
>
> http://tag.povray.org/povQandT/misconceptions.html#arealightconfusion2
>
> Especially the third dot in the dotted list.
>

Great, I managed to overlook "The array-effect applies to shadows only. The
object's illumination is still that of a point source." in 3 readings.
Merci for pointing it out.



Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> If you want 9 bright spots, you need to use 9 actual point_light placed in an array.
>
> You use adaptive 1 with an array of 3*3. The problem is that adaptive 1 start
> with a 3*3 array and thus, adaptive have absolutely no effect in your case.
> With adaptive, the benefits start at the following dimentions:
> adaptive 0 -> 3*3 best with 9*9 and more
> adaptive 1 -> 5*5 best with 17*17 and more
> adaptive 2 -> 9*9 best with 33*33 and more
> adaptive 3 -> 17*17 best with 65*65 and more
>

Thanks Alain. I guess I never thought about it.

Merci a tous

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