[vtkusers] How to improve the quality of rendered lines?

[Lisa S. Avila]

Hello Pearu,

You can try two things - create a larger image (vtkRenderLargeImage), and 
use antialiasing (SetAAFrames to something like 16 on the vtkRenderWindow). 
This will improve your image quality.

Lisa


At 03:07 PM 5/21/2001, Pearu Peterson wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am using Mayavi to visualize VTK files and I have noticed  that when
>saving a scene to a TIFF file, the quality of lines (and text) is too poor
>for printing on the paper.
>
> From previous messages I see that RenderMan is suggested for getting
>better quality of exported scenes. Does it apply also for scenes that
>contain mostly lines, and only few plane slices?
>
>I know that vector graphics is better suited for this (but don't know if
>there is similar software, as VTK, available).
>But still, is there a way to improve such an output in VTK so that it will
>look good also on paper, not just on a screen?
>
>Thanks,
>         Pearu
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>This is the private VTK discussion list.
>Please keep messages on-topic. Check the FAQ at: 
><http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/vtkfaq>
>Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
>http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers