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  Re: my pool table with shinier billiard balls  
From: jhu
Date: 13 Aug 2008 13:35:00
Message: <web.48a31a699c5df9ddc64c67c0@news.povray.org>
where should the light(s) be placed? i'm guessing somewhere by the "window", but
the background is just an image.

Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   Even a red billiard ball will have a whitish reflection/highlight from
> > a bright source of light. (This is due to the physical reflective
> > properties of materials.)
> >
> >   It might look better if you allow the reflection to have the color of
> > the incoming light.
>
>   Forgot to mention that this will make the black ball to have a
> reflection as well, which will make it look better.


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