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  • What Does 3×3 and 5×5+1.5 Mean? When To use

    Posted by Susan Anson on February 1, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Have Pro Animator 4 on XP.

    In reading thru the manuals over the last year it seems I have missed what the Anti-Aliasing settings mean somehow. On the camera panel there is a 3×3 Tab in the Render Area for example.

    What do these Mean to a practical User?

    What is the Difference between 2×2 and 4×4 and 5×5+.06?

    When should I choose one over another…for what reason.

    Can anyone help or point me to a discourse?

    Thanks

    Suzzie

    Erik Waluska replied 18 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Erik Waluska

    February 2, 2008 at 11:12 pm

    I don’t know the geeky technical details but the simple answer is that the higher the numbers (3×3, 5×5, etc.) the more anti-aliasing is applied during the render (and also longer render times).

    The other numbers (+.06, +1.5, etc) indicate the amount of blur applied to the image (measured in pixels). It’s similar the Gaussian blur filter in PS or AE.

    Hope this helps.

    -E

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