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From: Warp
Date: 4 May 2005 16:23:15
Message: <42792f33@news.povray.org>
In povray.general Slime <fak### [at] emailaddress> wrote:
> Do you know that method 2 with depth 9 is a possible 263,169 samples per
> pixel? =)

> Of course, often you'll get much fewer than that... but even so, I doubt
> you'd ever notice a difference between depth 3 and 4, let alone 9.

  According to my experience method 2 gives higher quality results at
bigger threshold values than method 1.
  Using a very high number of samples is reasonable only if there are
*tons* of subpixel-sized details. This is usually rare.

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                                                          - Warp


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