"triple_r" <rre### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> I have to confess I cheated.  This is a combination of two renders.  The low
> quality render has fewer artifacts on the blinds because it just smoothes them
> over, but lots of artifacts around the ceiling.  The higher quality render cuts
> down on artifacts around the ceiling, but causes a lot of artifacts on the
> blinds.  I went all the way up to count=1600 without any improvement.  Wherever
> there's a gap there are a lot of artifacts.  Does this mean I have not balanced
> count and error_bound correctly, or does anyone have other ideas on how I might
> improve or fake the rendering quality?  Either way, my tip for the day?  Stay
> away from blinds.
>
>  - Ricky

You might want to consider, if you haven't done it, adding some ambient value to
the drapes and the rooms materials. I've had some success in eliminating those
artifacts without having to ramp up the radiosity quality levels to extremes.

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