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2 Sep 2024 16:21:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: More SUGGESTIONS :-)  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 17 Feb 2000 08:36:51
Message: <slrn8anubp.v8.ron.parker@ron.gwmicro.com>
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 05:49:23 -0500, Chris Huff wrote:
>One solution would be to trace one ray, if it hits an object, check that 
>object for a flag that tells whether or not to supersample it, and fire 
>additional samples based on that information. This would be done at each 
>level. It should work correctly with transparency and media, although it 
>should probably be turned off when "global" anti-aliasing is turned on.

Another solution (at least for method 1 antialiasing) would be to use the
differential tracing method I've mentioned far too many times before.  I
think I may sit down sometime in the next couple of weeks and see how hard
it is to implement that.

-- 
These are my opinions.  I do NOT speak for the POV-Team.
The superpatch: http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/superpatch/
My other stuff: http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html


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