More post processing filters

#1

I made a few tests with anti-aliasing and noise filters lately.

I noticed that even the highest level of AA in formware is not very aggressive. That is fine but would be nice to have more control over post processing filters.

What I did is to export the PNG without anti-aliasing and then I added AA and Noise filters directly to the images.

The result is very interesting (please enlarge and zoom in)

filters-test
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“Light AA” is basically the same as x8 AA on formware. “Heavy AA” is a very smooth anti aliasing (similar to what Slic3rPE (beta) is generating).

What we understand is that, at low resolution (>50um) a noise filter could be preferable to just anti-aliasing if you want to hide the layers. Also if you don’t have many very intricate details heavy AA creates a very smooth surface while a light AA is almost useless.

Would be nice to have these options integrated.

#2

What is the logic behind:

  1. noise filtering (don’t see much difference)

  2. heavy anti aliasing? -> this looks the best to me. What is the algoritm behind it?

#3

don’t say that :smiley:

noise
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On the right the layer lines are almost gone

it is the best, but you also lose a little details. I used gmic gcd_anti_alias (not sure what algo it uses but it’s super!). it’s open source, so it shouldn’t be difficult to find out

#4

Most noticeable detail missing is the divot between the two small bars on the right side spaced between two octagon-like shapes.

The question is whether you can only anti-alias on large smooth surfaces versus all over the object. :wink: