"Vladimir" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
news:web.413f47f5228b7640de2762960@news.povray.org...
> In My Entry to pov comp I have several function based heightfields. In the
> Render of the final image I will only need to use a heightfield of around
> 800 by 1000 triangles but in the close ups I will need a much larger
> number. Am I allowwed to change a trigger when rendering the close ups(and
> the large image in the unlikely case that I win) to avoid unneccessary
> parse times when redering the final image.
> Peter
>


I'm fairly certain that you cannot.  The idea of the close-ups is to make 
sure that you are creating a highly detailed picture, even at extremely high 
resolutions.  If you don't think the heightfield would look good in a 
high-resolution version, then you would have to use the same (larger) 
heightfield in both instances.

My assumption is that no one's detail view is going to look perfect at such 
an extreme resolution, so I'm not overly worried about it.  I just plan to 
make sure that it doesn't look bad, and I'm hoping for the best.

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Jeremy
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