I don't know if they are like Lightwave point lights, but certainly, they aren't useless. ;-)

A point light (also called an omni light or area light in some software) is basically a light which can cast illumination in a 360 degree radius. Unlike spotlights, which cast light only up to 180 degrees directionally, they can cast it in all directions from a center point. Like a lightbulb. They go by different names in different apps sometimes as I indicated above, but they all pretty much do the same thing, and are very useful.

Message edited on: 03/30/2005 21:10

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