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  Re: Help with lighting a room? (jpg 32kbu)  
From: TinCanMan
Date: 16 Jul 2002 17:41:42
Message: <3d349316@news.povray.org>
> This scene was rendered using 6 of the following light definition, but I
> have tried loads of variations and am now pulling my hair out...
>
>     light_source{
>       0
>       color rgb <0.9,0.9,0.8>
>       fade_distance H*0.8
>       fade_power 6
>      }
>
> thanks

Reduce your fade_power to 2 as this is a more realistic value.  The increase
in area of light over the distance from the source is a square function.

-tgq


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