Post SSIM and Progressive Aux Canvas
SnowSultan
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Can someone tell me what the "Progressive Aux Canvas" and the "Post SSIM Available" and its related options do in the Progressive Rendering tab of DAZ Studio? Thanks in advance.
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Not sure about the first,
Post SSIM is another way for the renderer to check if the render has finished cooking (converged) - setting the percentages determines how finished it needs to be before being called 'done'. It's generally faster than just letting it run to x% so I usually have this turned on (and around 98% on both settings, but YMMV and the scene will vary that too). Someone else can probably explain this with more technical detail.
I ran a render with Post SSIM and compared it to an identical one without it, and for some reason, the SSIM one was blurrier. Strange, I get what you're saying but I don't know why that would happen. Thanks though.
"Post SSIM" from memory of reading one guide or another, uses "AI" to calculate the %... The % method uses... something not "AI". And I agreed, the Post SSIM doesn't seem to "work as well" for the same %-setting
^Not sure why that would happen - depending on scene, the % can be set higher with Post-SSIM and still complete faster. Hopefully someone with more technical details can show up and explain it.