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30 Jul 2024 10:13:41 EDT (-0400)
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From: Jörg 'Yadgar' Bleimann
Date: 4 Dec 2011 17:55:56
Message: <4edbfa7c@news.povray.org>
High!

On 04.12.2011 19:54, Alain wrote:

> As for version 3.7 onward, whenever you enable radiosity, ALL ambient
> values are turned OFF.
> You should use emission instead when you have light_source or want to
> use ambient lighting.
> An emiting look_like object will also help bluring the edges of the
> shadows.

looks_like and media - does that work?

>
> In the jitter case, the sampling points are moved around for each shadow
> test.
> This mean that they can end up anywhere within the width of the
> area_light. This explain the grainy look.
> You would have much beter results using 2 actual, long and narrow,
> area_light, one for each tube. This will give you a resuld between the
> jitter and non-jitter cases.

You mean two area lights, each 65 x 1 instead of one of 65 x 2?

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar


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