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title: "Ambient Settings"
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This page provides information about the Ambient Settings rollout of Vantage's Environment tab. Overview The Ambient Settings rollout provides controls for configuring the overall ambient lighting in your scene, helping to define the mood and base light levels without relying on direct light sources. The Ambient Settings rollout is located under the Environment tab in the right-hand side panel. Settings Ambient light color  – Specifies a color for the ambient light.  See the  Ambient Light Color example  below. Ambient light intensity  – Specifies a multiplier for the ambient light intensity.  See the  Ambient Light Intensity example  below. Ambient occlusion  – Enables the rendering of global ambient shadows.  See the  Ambient Occlusion example  below. Occluded color  – Specifies the color to be returned for occluded areas.  See the  Ambient Occlusion Colors and Radius example  below. Unoccluded color  – Specifies the color to be returned for unoccluded areas.  See the  Ambient Occlusion Colors and Radius example  below. Radius  – Determines the amount of area (in scene units) where ambient shadows are produced.  See the  Ambient Occlusion Colors and Radius example  below. Distribution  – Forces the rays to gather closer to the surface normal. The effect is that the shadow area is being narrowed closer to the contact edges.  See the  Distribution example  below. Invert  – When enabled, swaps the colors for the occluded and unoccluded areas.  See the  Inverted example  below. Double sided  – Enables tracing of rays for both the front and back face of a surface. Examples The following examples demonstrate the effect that individual ambient parameters have on the scene. Click on any image to view it at a higher resolution. Ambient Light Color This example shows the effect of the Ambient light color parameter. Ambient occlusion is on. Ambient light color = black Ambient light color = white Ambient light color = red Ambient light color = green Ambient light color = blue Ambient Light Intensity This example shows the effect of the Ambient light intensity parameter. Ambient occlusion is on. Ambient light intensity = 0 Ambient light intensity = 1 Ambient light intensity = 3 Ambient light intensity = 5 Ambient Occlusion This example shows the effect of the Ambient occlusion parameter. Ambient occlusion is off Ambient occlusion is on Invert This example shows the effect of the Invert parameter. Invert is off Invert is on Ambient Occlusion Colors and Radius This example shows the effect of the Occluded and Unoccluded colors as well as the Radius parameters. Occluded color = red, Radius = 1 Occluded color = red, Radius = 5 Occluded color = red, Radius = 10 Occluded color = red, Radius = 20 Occluded color = white, Unoccluded color = red, Radius = 20 Occluded color = white, Unoccluded color = red, Invert is on Distribution This example shows the effect of the Distribution parameters. Radius is set to 15. Occluded color is red, unoccluded color is white. Distribution = -3 Distribution = 0 Distribution = 3