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QD3D 35 - Ambient Coefficient (8-Apr-96)
Q What is the ambient coefficient?
A The ambient coefficient is an attribute of type
kQ3AttributeTypeAmbientCoefficient. It is a floating point value between 0.0
and 1.0 that determines how much of a scene's ambient light is reflected from
an object's surface. It's described on page 5-15 of the unabridged version of
3D Graphics Programming with QuickDraw 3D, which you can find as an
Adobe Acrobat file on the CD-ROM that accompanies the book in: QuickDraw 3D
Documentation/QuickDraw 3D Reference/3D Graphics Prog w/ QD3D .
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