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  Re: Newbie question about the light_source function.  
From: Marc Jacquier
Date: 10 Nov 2003 03:34:02
Message: <3faf4d7a$1@news.povray.org>

de news: cja### [at] netplexaussieorg...
Your monitor
> can only display colors with a limitedd range of brightness and most
> file formats only store percentages of maximum brightness rather than
> absolute brightness, so the colors are clipped at output.
But pixels colors are computed from light color>fade due to distance>object
pigment/diffuse properties... so not inevitably clipped.
If you want maximum dynamic range in your image (i.e white highlights and
black most dark shadows) you can multiply your light color.

Marc


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