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  Re: Object visible with no light???  
From: Theo Gottwald *
Date: 1 Sep 2002 13:23:38
Message: <3d724d1a$1@news.povray.org>
If I've known that before can I put the
"certified POV-Ray Class 1 User" on my signature ? :-))

--Theo

PS: Everyone has a certificate, from Microsoft, from Novel or checkpoint i
should order one from POV-Ray. :-) It simply makes good in the signature ...
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"Frantisek Fuka" <fuk### [at] fuxoftcz> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:3d70ca68@news.povray.org...
> I was just trying out the PovRay tutorial and I rendered the very first
> scene before adding the light. To my amazement, the sphere is visible
> (although very dark yellow). If this is not a POVRAY error it seems to
> contradict my basic understanding of how raytracing works. How I can see
> ANYTHING if there is no light source in the scene???
>
>   #include "colors.inc"    // The include files contain
>    #include "stones.inc"    // pre-defined scene elements
>
>    camera {
>      location <0, 2, -3>
>      look_at  <0, 1,  2>
>    }
>
>    sphere {
>      <0, 1, 2>, 2
>      texture {
>        pigment { color Yellow }
>      }
>    }
>


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