I recently read a book on CGI lighting techniques where the author discussed
dome arrays.  I wrote a short macro that creates the same thing by creating
a hemisphere of point lights.  The intensity of the lights varies with
latitude, creating a hotspot at the top of the hemisphere.  I also had it
add in a few negative lights to give some subtle variance in the lighting.
Anyhow, the results were pretty nice... very soft shadows with a radiosity
lit look.  Rendered fairly fast too.

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Doug Eichenberg
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