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Ray Trace Options

1 The Ambient Light Settings control values result in darker grey; higher values
the appearance of the light present result in lighter grey. See “Standard
throughout a scene that does not come from a Panel” on page 1109.
particular source. Ambient light exists • Select Uniform Intensity to enable the
everywhere, including shadowed areas. See Intensity setting below, then specify the
“Ambient Lighting and Occlusion” on page strength of the ambient light throughout
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• Uncheck User Camera View Settings to in the text field or by clicking the up and
enable the Color bar and specify the down arrows. Values between 0 and 10
color of the ambient light. See “Color can be used.
Chooser/Select Color Dialog” on page • Select Use Ambient Occlusion to enable
203. the Minimum and Maximum Intensity
• W h e n Use Camera View Settings is settings below. Ambient Occlusion
checked, the ambient light is grey in allows variation in the strength of the
color and its brightness is based on the Ambient Light and is more realistic than
ambient light settings in the Rendering Uniform Intensity, but takes longer to ray
Technique Options dialog. Low ambient trace.

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