Warp wrote:

> Tek <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote:
>> Yeah I checked that before resizing one of my entries a while ago, and
>> no-one complained. Okay you can argue that resizing it is
>> post-processing, but there are some 3D rendering systems that acheive
>> anti-aliasing by simply rendering to a larger image then resizing it
>> down.
> 
>   I started once a thread about resizing of IRTC entries here and the IRTC
> admins all agreed that it's ok.
>   I disagree with them, but there's nothing I can do about it.
> 
>   As far as I can understand the purpose of the contest and the rules is
> to show what a renderer can create. Post-processing is not allowed because
> then it wouldn't be solely the product of a renderer. The idea is to show
> the "raw" quality and features of the renderer, not some painting program.
> 
>   The reason I disagree with the IRTC admins is that allowing resizing as
> a post-processing stage can noticeably increase the visual quality of an
> image. This means that the final image is not the sole product of the
> renderer, but it has been enhanced by other means afterwards. The final
> image is not something the renderer (by itself) is able to create.
>   In my opinion, this violates the idea of the IRTC rules.
> 
>   (Naturally if the resizing trick is done by the renderer *itself* then
> it's ok, because then it *is* something the renderer itself can produce.)
> 
>   For example, blurring the image as a post-processing step is not
> allowed according to the rules. It's thus odd that resizing is allowed,
> as enhancing antialiasing is not too much different from blurring (even
> the actual code to perform one is very similar to the other).
> 

Well why can't we post our 10MB PNG images then? *G*

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