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17 Aug 2024 08:24:44 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Advice on radiosity + blobs  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 20 Oct 2001 15:42:24
Message: <3BD1D3BE.A934269F@gmx.de>
"Greg M. Johnson" wrote:
> 
> Here is a scene with radiosity lighting (a series of high ambient
> cylinders along the ceiling of the room.)
> 
> 1) It's funny how "dark" these characters are.   I did not intentionally
> attempt to portray African Americans here, but it's just funny how much
> darker these are compared to what I would expect for ambient 1 for the
> color I choose.
> Q:  Is Megapov's radiosity routine inherently "darker" for blobs than
> say spheres and other objects?

I see no reason why this should be.

> 2) Not how the white teeth themselves are acting as a light source.
> Q: Is there a way to turn this off?  I would have expected that I could
> do so with ambient 0, which I am using, in the texture statement for the
> teeth.

If their ambient finish is 0, they should not 'emit light'.  They look a
bit like they have ambient finish, otherwise they should look more like
the eyes.

BTW, wouldn't it look more realistic if the floor had ambient 0?

Christoph

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Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
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