Anti-aliasing

Anti-aliasing is a technique used to smooth out the jagged edges of three- dimensional curved objects or objects with diagonal edges.

Anti-aliasing can be set to favor either an increase in system processing performance or improved image quality:

Setting for performance is best used when the 3D image is animated and smoothness of motion is the most important consideration.

Setting for quality is best used when having highly detailed and realistic 3D objects is the primary concern.

If you are unsure of how to configure anti-aliasing, use the Let the Application Decide option. Your display will automatically adjust to the application's requirements.

What do you want to do?

Expand 3D in Advanced View.

Click Anti-aliasing.

Ensure the application override is disabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is cleared. The slider control will become available.

Click the Control slider and move the selector to your preferred setting:

To increase processing performance, move the slider to the left.

To increase image quality, move the slider to the right.

Increases image quality without impacting performance by taking fewer image samples but at a faster rate.

Expand 3D in Advanced View.

Click Anti-Aliasing,

Select Temporal anti-aliasing to place a check mark in the check box.

Note: Let the application decide must be disabled before enabling Temporal anti-aliasing.

The preview image automatically displays your adjustments.

Optionally, double-click 3D Preview for a full-screen view of the adjustments you have made. To exit full-screen Preview, press the Esc key.

The Preview can be disabled by clicking the "X" button in the Preview pane. It can also be paused by clicking the "||" button in the Preview pane. Clicking the pause button again causes the preview to resume.

Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open.

Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center.

Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center.

Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view.

Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window.

Click Defaults.

Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once you click OK.