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  Re: Compeletely white plane with shadows  
From: noam
Date: 14 Oct 2013 18:50:00
Message: <web.525c7412447e81e71ca80c0@news.povray.org>
"noam" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I want to render an image that has several objects in it, say a sphere, torus
> and a cube. All these objects cast a shadow on a white plane. What I'd like is
> for the plane to be completely featureless - that is to say completely white -
> except for the shadows cast by the aforementioned objects. Currently, if I set
> the ambient property of the plane to 1, the shadows of the objects do not
> appear. If I set the ambient property to 0, the plane appears grey and doesn't
> display a consistent color, rather a smooth gradient as the plane moves away
> from the light source. Is there an easy way to achieve the desired result?
Found the answer. Simply add "brilliance 0" to the finish of the plane.


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