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EagleSun wrote:

> news:458e42b1$1@news.povray.org...
>> EagleSun wrote:
>>> A project I'm working on requires me to get up close to the rings of
>>> Saturn.... but they look like this... is there any way around this 
>>> besides
>>> setting Anti-Alias to 0.0 AND using AM2 ?  Using those 2 increases
>>> rendering time x 50 which is a project-killer.
>>>
>> Render at higher resolution and downscale with a decent paint program.
>>
>> Jerome
> 
> I've experimented with that.. rendering one at 1920x1080 then downscaling to 
> 640x360.. I've also tried Gaussian average on 3x3 before and after 
> downscaling.... it's too much of a loss, and doesn't fully repair the rings.
> 
	Don't do it after rescaling, that won't fix anything and you will
lose some sharpness. If you want to apply such a filter, do it
before downscaling.

	What software and settings did you use for downscaling?

		Jerome
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