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This is a quick tutorial on
how to change your Render Quality modes and the difference between
each quality.
We'll start out by opening an old Bryce file, anything will
do the job. Now open the "Render Options" menu by
clicking on the small arrow located to the right of your Render
controls, then go to "Quality" like shown in the
example image. If you notice there is four different render
Quality modes, I'll show you each quality in the examples
found below. |
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Default (No AA)
This Render Mode is the lowest and no Anti-Aliasing is applied. |
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Regular (Normal
AA)
In this Render Mode, minimal Anti-Aliasing is applied. This
mode is the best for previewing your renders before rendering
your final image. |
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Super (Fine Art
AA)
This mode uses very fine Anti-Aliasing and allows you to change
the number of Rays Bryce uses to trace every pixel. The higher
number of rays used, the better the Quality. The default setting
is 16 Rays per Pixel, if you want to change this number, open
the "Render Options" menu again and go to "Render
Options" , now under "Rays per pixel" change
the number, like shown here.
The example image on the left was rendered using 16 Rays per
pixel. |
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Premium (Effect
AA)
This mode also offers very fine Anti-Aliasing and allows you
to change the number of "Rays per Pixel". The image
on the left was rendered using 64 Rays per Pixel.
The only advantage of using "Premium" over "Super"
is it offers extra Premium Effects, such as Soft Shadows, Blurred
Shadows, Blurred Transmissions, True Ambience and Depth of Field.
You can access these effects by opening the "Render Options"
menu and then go to "Quality" and then choose an effect
like shown here
. You can also access these Effects by opening the "Render
Options" window. Go here
to view a few Premium Effect example images. You can also find
more information on each of these Effects in the Bryce 5 user
manual |
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Comparison between
modes
The example image on the left shows a comparison between different
render modes.
There are several other render options not mentioned in this
tutorial. If you want to learn more about rendering images in
Bryce, view the "Rendering" section in your Bryce
5 user manual. |
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