stbenge wrote:
> This image was rendered in two passes using POV 3.7b24. The first pass
> uses one area_light with the new area_illuminate keyword.

  A comparison with a version of the image rendered without using that
keyword would be interesting.

  The smaller the relative size of the area light with respect to the
object, the less effect area_illumination would have. The most prominent
difference can be seen when the area light is very large relative to the
object.
  (What this means in practice is that area_illumination for relatively
small area lights is not very useful and only slows the rendering.)

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