bagginsbill opened this issue on Oct 25, 2007 · 273 posts
bagginsbill posted Fri, 02 November 2007 at 10:15 PM
The differences among all these are tiny - maybe .2 seconds on a really big image.
I choose on the basis of convenience. Think about how you might want to alter the shader from moment to moment and choose the version that facilitates that best.
If you intend to use colored shadows, clearly you must use the Diffuse_Color connection.
Otherwise, the Diffuse_Value solution is better because it usually doesn't interfere with other existing stuff.
As to whether to plug into the blender or multiply with the blender - multiply is convenient if you're going to switch around what is multiplied with - only one connection to change.
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