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Title: Going above "1" for render quality
Post by: elipsis1 on March 19, 2012, 12:57:02 PM
I just tried typing in a "4" in the render quality box, and it looks like it is doing something different than when "1" was in there.

So does anyone else change the value to something higher than 1?

Does it make a big difference?

Thanks,

Scott
Title: Re: Going above "1" for render quality
Post by: Kevin F on March 19, 2012, 01:04:32 PM
Quote from: elipsis1 on March 19, 2012, 12:57:02 PM
Does it make a big difference?

Thanks,

Scott

Yes, Time!
There's really no need to go above 1.
Title: Re: Going above "1" for render quality
Post by: cyphyr on March 19, 2012, 01:20:04 PM
I think I've gone as high as 1 maybe once and that was just out of curiosity. Usually stay at 6.5 - 8, rarely higher.
Richard
Title: Re: Going above "1" for render quality
Post by: TheBadger on March 19, 2012, 01:53:48 PM
You should really listen to the others on this one! Or you will end up rendering until your old and grey! Probably should stop that render, it wont be worth the extra time.
Title: Re: Going above "1" for render quality
Post by: rcallicotte on March 19, 2012, 02:18:37 PM
Get back to us in 2013, when it's halfway done.   :P


Quote from: elipsis1 on March 19, 2012, 12:57:02 PM
I just tried typing in a "4" in the render quality box, and it looks like it is doing something different than when "1" was in there.

So does anyone else change the value to something higher than 1?

Does it make a big difference?

Thanks,

Scott
Title: Re: Going above "1" for render quality
Post by: elipsis1 on March 19, 2012, 02:30:09 PM
It did finish, but I didn't really see much difference... Took like 30 times as long...
Title: Re: Going above "1" for render quality
Post by: elipsis1 on March 19, 2012, 02:35:44 PM
Quote from: cyphyr on March 19, 2012, 01:20:04 PM
I think I've gone as high as 1 maybe once and that was just out of curiosity. Usually stay at 6.5 - 8, rarely higher.
Richard

Heh, you must have meant 0.65, 0.8?

"This goes to 11" - Nigel Tufnel (Spinal Tap)
Title: Re: Going above "1" for render quality
Post by: rcallicotte on March 19, 2012, 04:50:16 PM
Good.  You had me worried (not really).  I'm glad you asked, though.  Having the freedom to try different values is fun, but it's sometimes good to see what you can find out first.  Usually anything more than 1 is too much in most of these blanks.  Some might even allow higher numbers, but check the defaults to see what the settings are first.  These defaults are pretty good measurements of what will look good (usually).




Quote from: elipsis1 on March 19, 2012, 02:30:09 PM
It did finish, but I didn't really see much difference... Took like 30 times as long...
Title: Re: Going above "1" for render quality
Post by: cyphyr on March 19, 2012, 05:04:02 PM
Quote from: elipsis1 on March 19, 2012, 02:35:44 PM
Quote from: cyphyr on March 19, 2012, 01:20:04 PM
I think I've gone as high as 1 maybe once and that was just out of curiosity. Usually stay at 6.5 - 8, rarely higher.
Richard

Heh, you must have meant 0.65, 0.8?

"This goes to 11" - Nigel Tufnel (Spinal Tap)

Err yep, lol :)
Title: Re: Going above "1" for render quality
Post by: jamfull on March 20, 2012, 03:30:31 AM
I went as high as 2 for one render. I needed more detail in some far mountains, but that was at a lower resolution. When I did the final render at high res I found the detail was there at detail level of 1. I pretty much stick to 1 unless I'm really curious, and usually only a cropped test render.  :)

James