"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message
news:400336bd$1@news.povray.org...
: In article <4003354a$1@news.povray.org> , "=Bob="
: <was### [at] threestrandscom> wrote:
:
: > : Not that the starfield will
: > : remain exactly like this, but sure they don't have to vanish. To keep the
: > : stars small, make sure they are very strong / intense, and then try this AA:
: > :
: > : +AM2 +A0.0 +R2 -J
: >
: > This didn't help, still kills the starfield. But thanks!
:
: If it does, it implies your stars are simply too small.  Without
: antialiasing you only see something because some stars are hit by accident.
: Antialiasing will take more samples, so a star will not be hit for every
: sample taken inside the area of a pixel.  Consequently, averaging the
: samples colors results in the star appearing like it is fainting away.  In
: Reality, the image does get more realistic as the stars in the picture
: without antialiasing contribute too much information as they really
: represent in the scene.  By telling POV-Ray to produce a more accurate
: result, you create an effect you do not desire...
:
: I would also suggest to follow the other poster's suggestions and increase
: the size of the stars.  You can i.e. do this by simply scaling the
: background up.
:     Thorsten

Thanks everyone. I will try to find the balance...
=Bob=

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