Quote from: Tangled-Universe on May 16, 2020, 04:10:05 PMThat's a confusing summary, frankly.
The reason I made some effort to explain which setting you need, why you need it and when you need it is that it allows one to understand what's going on.
Your suggestions were also not entirely accurate or correct. It's not always neccessary to go for the highest value of a certain setting or the most expensive padding mode for ray detail region.
It's important to understand how and why.
Another reason I made it, is that it's also easier to refer to from now on, since this question returns every now and then.
Cheers
Well, I already linked the wikis, which explain their functionality. You also ended your post with the suggestions I advised by obvious detail restrictions of various settings (rdm difference in final frames is too big a gap and easily noticeable). I wasn't explicitly telling him what to use, but what to try for his scenes. Detail in crop region may not work in his scene as he moves forward, as well if elements too far off camera end up in reflections with different camera angles, but for crops, and crop blending, it's a good method.
Maybe you should spend your efforts on the wiki instead of the forums, where it's likely not to help as much (down the road).
And how is it a confusing summary? If there is no data to multiply, how can it effect it? Look at your own reference image. There is no difference when it's a basic polygonal mesh, but when the data is there, it can multiply it.