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The Environment page uses a texture to simulate reection. Here, in contrast to the other pages, the
Color and Texture are multiplied by the Mix mode instead of being added. So why would you want
to use the environment property instead of reection? One reason is that your scene may not have
enough objects to produce good results when reected. Another reason is that the environment
property renders more quickly than the reection property.
A typical environment map. Reections using the environment property
only.
Texture, Mix Mode, Mix Strength
For details on these settings, look up ‘texture settings’ in the index.