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30 Jul 2024 12:19:06 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Strange behaviour of area_light  
From: Jörg 'Yadgar' Bleimann
Date: 5 Dec 2011 20:52:32
Message: <4edd7560@news.povray.org>
Hi(gh)!

On 02.12.2011 19:31, Warp wrote:

> And the reason why area_illumination is not always on (at least
> currently) is that it makes rendering of area lights a bit slower.

Yes it does... 129.029 CPU seconds (I assume that this is the time 
actually devoted to POV-Ray regardless of any multitasking background 
processes) (first image) vs. 148.053 for the the last image attached here...

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

Now playing: East At Easter, live 1987 (Simple Minds)


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