mr_phoenyxx opened this issue on Feb 19, 2014 ยท 78 posts
bagginsbill posted Wed, 19 February 2014 at 7:41 PM
The left one is obviously glowing.
The middle one does what is called "diffuse" reflection. Light arrives from a specific place and bounces in every direction.
The right one does what is called "specular" reflection. Light arrives from a specific place and bounces to a specific place.
Most objects demonstrate a mixture of diffuse and specular reflection (like the floor under the three pawns). Glowing objects can do those two and emit light from nothing (not reflected from elsewhere) as well.
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