POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : Fresnel : Re: Fresnel Server Time
29 Jul 2024 16:32:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Fresnel  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 10 Nov 2001 05:51:23
Message: <3BED06AB.785538E1@gmx.de>
JRG wrote:
> 
> Probably I'm wrong, but shouldn't a *fresnel material* have its diffuse
> value dependant on that angle too?
> 

What angle? Angle of light or angle of view.  

In fact it's the definition of diffuse reflection that the appearance is
independent of the viewing angle.  Of course there are rarely perfectly
diffuse materials.

Christoph

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