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30 Jul 2024 02:24:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: light source  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 25 Jun 2000 01:46:18
Message: <39558ECB.831C29A1@peak.edu.ee>
Simon Lemieux wrote:
> 
> What about the cylindrical light?  Isn't that some kind of laser?

Yes, the cylindrical light_source should be ideally suited for lasers.
In MegaPOV (unlike in official POV) it has parallel rays, raytracing equivalent
of the coherent light of an actual laser.
I seem to remember that there used to be a problem with cylindrical light
sources and photons, but this has probably been fixed by now.

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Margus Ramst

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