Yep :o) And faking ambient by adding one level of light energy to the whole scene is not only unrealistic, it further lowers the dynamic range of your scene (less contrast and a less "crisp" look).

It's like trying to fake the ambient noise, in say a restaurant, by adding pink noise ("pink noise" is random noise, like "white noise", but with low frequencies emphasized to follow the human hearing curve). That pink noise is going to make it harder to hear low level conversations - lower dynamic range. And it's not going to sound like people talking, eating utensils clanking, etc. So it's an unrealistic simulation of real ambient noise.

Message edited on: 01/09/2006 14:35