Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Does alternate diffuse include ambient light ?

madno2 opened this issue on Sep 26, 2009 · 11 posts


madno2 posted Sat, 26 September 2009 at 7:45 AM

Hmm, I like to ask again.

Am I right with?:
Using the Diffuse gives a complete black render if no light is active in the scene. Whatever the internal calculation is doing, it need's light from the outside (a light source and/or IL and/or AO etc.).
Is that right? If yes then I think I understood it.

But what about the Alternate_Diffuse?
The scene does not have any light source on. But I get a material that is not black (dark). As I understood it, a material only will emit light by itself if Ambient Color and Ambient Value are greater than 0. But in my example the material emits light only by attaching something to the Alternate_Diffuse (Spec. Blinn etc. are detached and set to zero now).

Putting something in Alternate_Diffuse let a material emit it's own light.
Is that right? If no, I still don't understand it.