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> 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.
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> Render at higher resolution and downscale with a decent paint program.
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> 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.

Here's an A0.0 AM2 sample.

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