LaurieA opened this issue on Jul 09, 2012 ยท 225 posts
bagginsbill posted Tue, 10 July 2012 at 12:12 PM
The emitter (area) light looks better because it's not a point - it's an area. These surfaces reflect what is around them, but being curved they shrink those things. A point, being already tiny, becomes practically nothing. On the other hand, a nice big bright area, such as a window, becomes a beautiful thing in the reflection.
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