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7 Aug 2024 21:24:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Dome lights from image  
From: Alain
Date: 3 Dec 2005 10:59:49
Message: <4391c0f5$1@news.povray.org>
m1j nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2005-12-03 00:05:
>         #if(AREA) area_light  <AS, 0, 0> <0, 0, AS>   2, 2 adaptive 3
> jitter  circular  orient  #end
Just a little detail about adaptive area_ligh.
adaptive 0 try to use at least a 2*2 aray, adaptive 1 try to start with an 3*3 aray,
adaptive 2 try 
to start at 5*5, adaptive 3 at 9*9... (2^<adaptive value>+1)

In your case, adaptive 3 with a 2*2 aray is completely useless, as it want to start
with 9*9 but 
have only a 2*2 aray to work with. So it only use the 2*2 it have, and you never get
any speed 
improvement.

-- 
Alain
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