"Warp" wrote:
> Rune wrote:
>
> : Say you have a red sphere on a black background.
> : The AA'ed pixels should have the same red colour as the
> : sphere but with some transparency.
>
>   Then you'll wonder why the edges don't look antialiased
> when you look at the image with a program that doesn't
> support the alpha channel (or when povray itself shows
> the image).

That is correct, and that is the way it should be (in my opinion).
(Not the wondering part but the rest.)

When you have turned the alpha channel on in POV-Ray, one must expect it to
be first priority that the image works correctly *with* alpha channel
support.

Rune
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