I have discovered a way to anti-alias images even more. In fact it's not just for Poser either....you have one month to wait before this 'secret' is released. If you've seen my newer images and how much cleaner and smoother they look it's because I used this technique. 10-10-01

why do we have to wait one month ??

Probably because he wants to sell something. Marque

Well, I don't have to wait, I already know the ultimate secret to better rendering. Make your files, send them off to Pixologic or ILM and pay them to render it. Who needs secrets? =:) Or, buy Pixar's Renderman or Maya or, erm what's it called? 3D Canvas? :)

Let me guess. You render at twice the size then scale it back by 50%. Or you render at 4 times the size and scale it 25%. At least this technique seems to work for me. But im a newbie. There may be a better way.

One problem with rendering at a larger res and resizing down is that sharp edges can get blurred a bit in the resizing.

But anti-ailising is blurring the edges really, personally i find the best way to get rid of the jaggies without any post processing of the image is to stand facing your monitor then take steps backwards until the jaggies disappear!!!!! ;D

Thanks man. No I'm not trying to sell anything I'm trying to see if you notice it in several other's images. They seem to be well viewed and known so they reach a much larger audience so to speak. I'm sure you know who they are, I just wanted them to have the edge and to test it (other viewers notice it or not). Another reason to wait a month is so that everyone knows when to look and so that it doesn't get burried by all these other messages. I'm trying to help..........

I would expect the image to get sharper when scaled down? It's scaling them up where they get blurry. So my theory is to render big then scale it to a reasonable size. Anyway it seems to work for me.

If you scale down in 3 or 4 stages and apply a small dose of unsharp mask each time you scale down you'll get a better result then just scaling it down in one operation, the edges won't break up and you won't lose as much detail but this has to be done carefully otherwise to much use of the unsharp filter will result in a harsh image.

Yep. It all depends on what you want. Sharp is not always the best or even realistic. It is interesting to make renders at different settings and then looking at the differences. If you save the files as JPG the quality settings can can really make a difference as well. One thing I do know, is that it's a bad idea to save an image as a JPG if I want to work with it again.