Ambient Lighting

Mix.install([
  {:plotly_ex, "~> 0.3"},
  {:kino, "~> 0.18"}
])

Section

lighting.ambient controls the base illumination on a 3D surface — the amount of light that reaches the surface regardless of angle or light position. Range is 0.0 (dark) to 1.0 (fully lit). Default is 0.8.

alias Plotly.{Figure, Surface}

z = for i <- 0..24 do
  for j <- 0..24 do
    r = :math.sqrt((i - 12) * (i - 12) + (j - 12) * (j - 12))
    if r < 12, do: :math.sqrt(max(0, 144 - r * r)), else: 0
  end
end

Figure.new()
|> Figure.add_trace(Surface.new(z: z, colorscale: "Blues", lighting: %{ambient: 0.2}))
|> Figure.update_layout(title: "Ambient Lighting: 0.2 (low)")
|> Plotly.show()

Figure.new()
|> Figure.add_trace(Surface.new(z: z, colorscale: "Blues", lighting: %{ambient: 1.0}))
|> Figure.update_layout(title: "Ambient Lighting: 1.0 (maximum)")
|> Plotly.show()