Subject: Re: Photographic Lighting
Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 12:54:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Wes Parham <parham@phoenix.cs.uga.edu>

> what if you set sampled the color of an object that is supposed to reflect
> light, and used the sampled values for the colors of a light source??
> Example:  render a scene with red beachball sitting next to white wall.
> sample color of beach ball (which is kinda orangy 'cause the lighting was
> yellow) and cut values to 1/3 of what was sampled.  Now place a non
> shadow-casting light in the ball.  
> Scott Krehbiel

	The best answer I can Imagine, mate, is 'Give it a try!".  I'll do
	the same.  I hadn't really thought too much about emulating
	Radiosity.  Strata on the MAC does it, but, hey, I'm nearly
	twenty-three, and... well, just don't have that many centuries left
	in this old bod...



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