Answer: Post filter size + The quality settings  gives you a blurry image. Leave filter at one for a crisper image. Me personally, I set the settings on max under the auto settings, then switch over to manual and click on aquire from auto. Your image will really pop!

Thanks...

The other possible problem is that by default, P7 uses high texture filtering on all your texture maps - this can lead to blurred details, such as the writing on the tyre's sidewall. Whilst it can be a pain to go through each and every texture in your scene and switch the texture filtering from quality to none, there is a handy script available by stewer (look up 'texture filtering script' in the forum search, and you'll find it), which allows you to reset the filtering for any given element, figure or the whole scene if you desire. Well worth getting.

JonTheCelt

it's counter-intuitive that they would have programmed the interface to allow users to set raytrace bounces at 3 or 6 or whatever, but then allow users to leave ray-tracing unchecked. haven't the foggiest why they did that.

I think I have a copy of stewer's script, but it's just the raw text.  I don't know how to create .py files however. 

Quote - I think I have a copy of stewer's script, but it's just the raw text.  I don't know how to create .py files however. 

You should just need to change the extension from what it is currently (".TXT" perhaps ?) to ".PY"

Yeah that's what I did... worked like a charm... thanks for your help...

let us know how the script works for ya, oni.

Worked like a charm... thanks for your help guys... now I can FINALLY get this image into my gallery...

Thank you! To all of you. I was mourning never getting to use complex textures in distant renders in Poser 7 because I couldn't figure out what was messing things up! Even in fairly up close images hair textures looked off. Now it's all as sharp as it should be!

Bounces off happily to fix many an image that didn't turn out as it should have

Thankya......Thankya........Thankya...!

Maybe as an additional help, I'd suggest dropping the Minimum Shading Rate to 0. I don't like Poser to add blur or fuzzy stuff to any extent. I trust postwork better, if I want it (depth of field blur is an exception, of course).

Quote - ... if I want it (depth of field blur is an exception, of course).

And even that can be added in post.

I think some of these things (mostly the texture filtering) come in most handy when you're animating ... it helps to reduce flicker/pixel-spazz in your videos.

-Tim

True.. but I don't even like depth of field blur. Never have, likely never will. Especially in videogames. grumblegrumbleEAgrumblegrumble