Soft edge pixels with each method
The counts come from this software GPU: another GPU's MSAA pattern gives a different number, but 0 stays 0. The pause lets SMAA's lookup pictures load.
Slanted edges on a pixel grid look like steps. MSAA smooths them while drawing, FXAA and SMAA smooth the finished picture. The catch: the canvas's MSAA does not reach a composer's pictures unless you ask for it.
Change the code and press Run (Ctrl+Enter). Predict what will happen first, then break it on purpose and read what changes. Your edits are saved and match the lesson page.
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Practice questions
Write the code in the editor, run it, then open the model answer to compare.
Create a composer whose pictures keep 4-sample MSAA.
Add FXAA at the right place in the chain Render, Bloom, Output.
Explain it without notes
Why do edges become jagged when you add a composer to a renderer created with antialias: true?
Compare MSAA, SMAA and FXAA for a showroom page for phones.
Console
Nothing logged yet.Expected console output
no anti-aliasing: soft edge pixels 0
antialias: true: soft edge pixels 450
same renderer + composer: soft edge pixels 0
composer, samples: 4: soft edge pixels 450
composer + SMAA: first frame: 0
composer + SMAA: soft edge pixels 595
composer + FXAA: soft edge pixels 759