Am 23.07.2013 04:05, schrieb Cousin Ricky:

> In my experience, method 2 works better for most scenes, but method 1
> (non-adaptive) wins hands down for checkered planes.  I have achieved results
> similar to your 2nd and 3rd images using method 1 with jitter (+AM1 +J).  What
> is the advantage of your new method over method 1?  Is it adaptive like method
> 2?

Yes, indeed; it uses an approach similar to the oversampling implemented 
in focal blur (but takes neighboring pixels into account to do its 
adaptive thing).

Method 1 with jitter does indeed do a comparatively good job; but its 
quality settings don't always scale well, as the attached image 
demonstrates - this was rendered with +am1 and extremely high-quality 
settings (+a0.01 +r9). Fun fact: With a lower numbr of samples, the 
artifacts in the distance didn't show.

More importantly however, in the branch I'm working on the new 
anti-aliasing mode will serve as a key component to speed up renders 
that combine multiple features that rely on some kind of oversampling, 
like focal blur, area lights, media, SSLT and (coming later) blurred 
reflections.

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