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  Re: Use of radiosity negates effect of normals....  
From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 28 Mar 2004 11:56:11
Message: <cjameshuff-B028BD.11563428032004@news.povray.org>
In article <40664075$1@news.povray.org>,
 "Greg M. Johnson" <gregj;-)565### [at] aolcom> wrote:

> ...is this correct?   It's what I'm observing and goes along with what I
> think I understand of the normal process-- just want to see if there's a
> trick to get around it.

It doesn't negate normals, it just doesn't take them into account for 
radiosity lighting. Using "normal on" in the radiosity block will cause 
it to take the normals into account, giving slower but more accurate 
results.

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Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
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