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Comment by theoh

11 years ago

I'm not sure you are right in saying that movies are typically rendered with radiosity. Global illumination, yes. Radiosity only deals with diffuse surfaces, not specular reflection or arbitrary BRDFs, right?

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theoh

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bananaboy  11 years ago

Radiosity is a form of global illumination, so I'm not sure what you mean when you say global illumination.

bhouston  11 years ago

Renderers for film use path tracing these days.

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