Chris Becker <cmb### [at] ritedu> wrote:
> So what's the big deal of actually modifying POV-Ray with a new AA method?

  Nothing.

> AA shoots multiple rays for a single pixel which is then averaged. How is
> that different than just taking a higher rendering of the image and
> averaging the pixels?

  It's different because the latter method is post-processing. It's not
something the renderer itself supports, but has to be done with a paint
program.

> Why is it such a big deal to modify the renderer?

  It isn't.

> Megapov does post processing and I don't see such huge debates about that...

  Because it's the renderer itself which does it.
  The idea is to participate with the output image of a renderer, not a
rendered image which has been enhanced with another program afterwards.
The IRTC rules prohibit post-processing for this reason.

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