I just got Poser 5, and over the past couple of days I've grown, but I have a couple of questions. One problem, after I render and save my image, it's coming out with very choppy edges, even though I used the "antialias" function before I rendered the image. Is there a way to make the final image smoother? Also, is there a way to save it with a transparent background? Thanks, novelist999

unles I am wrong, the "anti-alias" feature in Poser5 is only available with the Poser4 render engine. The FireFly engine gets rid of choppy edges thru other controls such as MinShader Rate. If you use FireFly, your image WILL be choppy in draft...you've got to turn on "production" to get hi-res. It's a very good idea to "render to another window" and then when you save, save to TIFF or PNG to get an 'alpha channel" which means when you open the image in a 2D graphics package, the background can be dropped away. That's pretty quick and dirty, others may elaborate. ::::: Opera :::::

Thanks, Opera. I tried the alpha channel, and it worked perfectly. Next, I'll try FireFly. :-)

The antialias function in the render menu works on the document window only. To antialias final renders (using P4 renderer), set antialias in the render options before rendering. I think I typed "render" too many times. Have to lie down now, head spinning... :)

The equivalent to AA in P5 is Pixels Samples. Increasing them provides a cleaner result at the expense of more rendertime.

Attached Link: http://www.keindesign.de/stefan/poser/renderer.html