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Rendering Î Lights
Environment
Light source which provides lighting effects from the current
environment (by treating the environment texture as a light
source). For best results a high dynamic range image should be
used as the environment texture.
Simple Environment
An alternative environment light source which may in some
cases be slightly quicker than the "environment" light, at the
cost of reduced quality.
Projector
Projects a supplied image onto illuminated objects.
Goniometric
Light source for which the distribution of light is specified in
using industry-standard data.
In addition to the above light source types, there are Area Light
sources, which are only usable within the Radiosity Processor
Module and are explained in the Radiosity paragraph:
The next paragraphs will examine in detail how to add any light
to the scene by using the Light tool and assigning one of the
different light shaders available.
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