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From: Simen Kvaal
Date: 9 Oct 1999 18:13:02
Message: <37ffbdee@news.povray.org>
>To greatly decrease trace time, add
> photons { reflection off refraction off}
>to your ambient light source.  You can take it off again for the final,
>high-quality, trace once all testing is done, if you so desire.
>
>-Nathan


Thanks! I knew the ambient light sucked up about ten times the rendering
time compared to the "ray-source." But I didn't realize that I could simply
turn photons off for the *light_source.* I thought it only worked on objects
that should *recieve* photons... But great! I'll give it a go!

Simen.


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