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From: Sebastian
Subject: anti-aliasing with povray(unix/linux)
Date: 14 Sep 2007 10:55:00
Message: <web.46ea9fdab213ab017c492ce20@news.povray.org>
Hi,

   I'm trying to figure out how use anti-aliasing with povray on linux and I
can't find any documentation on this.  I don't know if this is standard, but
I use a shell to render images.  So my command line is:
povray file_name.pov +W1280 +H960

To use anti_aliasing how would I modify this command, and specify a
threshold and all that?

 Thanks,
        Sebastian


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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: anti-aliasing with povray(unix/linux)
Date: 14 Sep 2007 11:29:37
Message: <46eaa8e1$1@news.povray.org>
Sebastian wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>    I'm trying to figure out how use anti-aliasing with povray on linux and I
> can't find any documentation on this.  I don't know if this is standard, but
> I use a shell to render images.  So my command line is:
> povray file_name.pov +W1280 +H960
> 
> To use anti_aliasing how would I modify this command, and specify a
> threshold and all that?

<http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/216/>

	Thorsten


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From: Vincent Le Chevalier
Subject: Re: anti-aliasing with povray(unix/linux)
Date: 14 Sep 2007 11:36:45
Message: <46eaaa8d@news.povray.org>

>    I'm trying to figure out how use anti-aliasing with povray on linux and I
> can't find any documentation on this.  I don't know if this is standard, but
> I use a shell to render images.  So my command line is:
> povray file_name.pov +W1280 +H960
> 
> To use anti_aliasing how would I modify this command, and specify a
> threshold and all that?
> 

This is perfectly standard, and the command line options are described 
in the documentation in section 2.1.2:
http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/215/

Specifically, for antialiasing the documentation is here:
http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/223/#s02_01_02_08_04

so your command line should look like:
povray file_name.pov +W1280 +H960 +A0.3
if you want a threshold of 0.3, for example...

Maybe it would be more convenient for you to put everything in an INI 
file if there are settings you use frequently.

Hope this helps,

-- 
Vincent


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: anti-aliasing with povray(unix/linux)
Date: 14 Sep 2007 11:46:45
Message: <46eaace5@news.povray.org>
Besides what has been told, here are some useful combinations I use a lot:

+a : Basic default antialiasing (threshold 0.3, method 1).
+a +am2 : Basic antialising using method 2
+a0.1 : More accurate antialiasing, method 1
+a0.1 +am2 : More accurate antialiasing, method 2

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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From: Sebastian
Subject: Re: anti-aliasing with povray(unix/linux)
Date: 14 Sep 2007 11:50:00
Message: <web.46eaad5951572fd27c492ce20@news.povray.org>
Thanks, but I dont see anything on anti-aliasing on that or the following
pages.  Am I missing it somewhere?


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From: Sebastian
Subject: Re: anti-aliasing with povray(unix/linux)
Date: 14 Sep 2007 11:55:00
Message: <web.46eaae8151572fd27c492ce20@news.povray.org>
Got it - thanks guys

   Sebastian


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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: anti-aliasing with povray(unix/linux)
Date: 14 Sep 2007 12:07:10
Message: <46eab1ae@news.povray.org>
Sebastian wrote:
> Thanks, but I dont see anything on anti-aliasing on that or the following
> pages.  Am I missing it somewhere?

Ups, sorry, copy and paste error:
<http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/223/>

	Thorsten


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: anti-aliasing with povray(unix/linux)
Date: 14 Sep 2007 15:00:01
Message: <web.46eada2c51572fd2773c9a3e0@news.povray.org>
command line options as warp put it are good, but I believe the best povray
antialiasing comes with "camera { focal_point fp blur_samples n aperture a
}"

play with these camera settings and you'll come up with some astounding
images.  You don't need it to be all too blurry...


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