"Margus Ramst" <mar### [at] peakeduee> wrote in message
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> You should try MegaPov, it has the 'orient' keyword
> for area_lights. With it, the area light is always
> facing the current point and you won't need three of
> them to get uniform coverage.

I am using MegaPOV 0.5.  The three area lights were needed beause one on any
plane would leave a "flat" area somewhere.  I probably could get by with
just two (the x/y and y/z planes).

> You could also use double_illuminate to get more
> ranslucent lamp shades (I'd suggest scattering
> media for translucency, but that could take a while on
> a P133).

The lamp shades are really giving me problems.

> Nice lamps, but what is the shade resting on?

Uh... nothing.  You're the first to notice that the lamps aren't finished
yet.

Eric
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