Ambient Lights

AmbientLight extends the Light class

• Light rays aim in all directions, flooding an environment and illuminating shapes evenly

• Use ambient lights to raise the overall light level

• Low ambient light makes artificial contrasty imagery

• High ambient light looks washed out

• Usually one ambient light in the scene is enough

TransformGroup group = new TransformGroup( );
. . .
AmbientLight light = new AmbientLight( );
light.setEnable( true );
light.setColor( new Color3f( 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f ) );
. . .
light.setInfluencingBounds( bounds );
group.addChild( light );

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