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RENDERING • RENDER SETTINGS • 699
Area
Calculates an area (dened by Softness) around the current pixel that is used for the antialiasing.
Cone
Set the size of this cone lter using Softness. Still Image, Animation, Blend and Sinc all produce better
antialiasing than Cone.
Catmull
Produces lower-quality antialiasing than Still Image, Animation, Blend and Sinc.
PAL/NTSC
For S-VHS, use the Animation lter.
This very soft lter is suitable for VHS.
Softness
Denes the softness of antialiasing for the Blend, Area and Cone lters.
Threshold
Neighboring pixels that differ in color by the Threshold value or more are antialiased. The default
Threshold value is 10%. Depending on the scene, you may need to lower Threshold to about 3%.
Min Level, Max Level
If artefacts appear (e.g. small shadows become absorbed), either reduce the
Threshold or increase the Min Level. If areas of high contrast are jagged — such
as at shadow edges, edges behind transparent objects or within textures
— increase the Max Level setting.
CINEMA 4D uses adaptive antialiasing — pixels that need slight antialiasing use the Min Level setting;
pixels that need strong antialiasing, such as hard shadow edges, use the Max Level setting. The default
values for Min and Max Level are 1x1 and 4x4. Note that the Min / Max Level settings apply to raytraced
pixels only (see ‘Antialiasing and adaptive raytracing’, below).