In article <38b93cb7@news.povray.org>, Nieminen Juha 
<war### [at] sarakerttunencstutfi> wrote:

> Is there some difference between the patterned light source and a 
> regular light source with a tiny sphere around it with the desired 
> pattern applied?

Yes...the patterned light source evaluates a pigment at each point, so 
it depends on position instead of just angle to the light source.(And 
when I get the mappings working, it will also optionally depend on the 
distance the light has travelled.)

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Chris Huff
e-mail: chr### [at] yahoocom
Web page: http://chrishuff.dhs.org/

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