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General => File Sharing => Skies, Atmo, Clouds => Topic started by: PeterParker on April 19, 2021, 01:49:03 PM

Title: Evening Clouds
Post by: PeterParker on April 19, 2021, 01:49:03 PM
This is a render i´ve made which longs 2:38 h
Maybe anyone can tell me something about the Pixelnoise Threshold in the Render Tab?

Untitled1.jpg
Title: Re: Evening Clouds
Post by: WAS on April 19, 2021, 02:15:47 PM
Hey Peter. I think you wanted to post this in the image sharing section? Maybe @crisb can move it for you.

The Pixel Noise Threshold for the Sampler lowers, or raises the pixel threshold at which AA is applied (I believe). For the smaller the threshold, the more the AA Sampler is working on the finer detial of edges, etc. Which will result in a smoother image.
Title: Re: Evening Clouds
Post by: archonforest on April 19, 2021, 03:00:00 PM
Nice!
Title: Re: Evening Clouds
Post by: PeterParker on April 19, 2021, 06:22:28 PM
Quote from: WAS on April 19, 2021, 02:15:47 PMHey Peter. I think you wanted to post this in the image sharing section? Maybe @crisb can move it for you.

The Pixel Noise Threshold for the Sampler lowers, or raises the pixel threshold at which AA is applied (I believe). For the smaller the threshold, the more the AA Sampler is working on the finer detial of edges, etc. Which will result in a smoother image.
Hello WAS and archonforest, thanks a lot for your feedback i aprreciate this a lot.
Title: Re: Evening Clouds
Post by: WAS on April 19, 2021, 06:29:26 PM
These clouds look very nice, not much noise at all. Did you do a low pixel noise threshold? Or did you use a denoiser?
Title: Re: Evening Clouds
Post by: PeterParker on April 20, 2021, 12:14:29 PM
Hello WAS,

I just played around with the values a bit.

Is it possible to use a denoiser? Where are those settings?

Desktop.jpg

How does this Pixel Threshold work? Are smaller values better for the clouds or larger values like 1
Title: Re: Evening Clouds
Post by: WAS on April 20, 2021, 12:40:41 PM
Like I mentioned, lower pixel noise threshold values create a smoother image, thus better AA. It smoothers finer details in edges at a small pixel threshold. So smaller = better result, at the cost of render time.

There is no denoiser in Terragen, you'd need to use post-processing in another software.