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From: Stephen
Date: 4 Feb 2009 07:07:32
Message: <k71jo4db1470iiihlsqth1rv84n5ag22te@4ax.com>
On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:58:54 +0100, "Thomas de Groot"
<tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:

>
>My experience is that, with translucent surfaces used as lamp shades, a bit 
>of ambient on the texture finish is working just fine. In all other cases 
>ambient should be 0.

I can't say that I agree with you about using an ambient of zero unless you are
talking about radiosity scenes. And I will stay away from them until Christoph
fixes the code for that. I typically use an ambient between 0.1 and 0.3 for
everyday scenes.
-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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