Experimenting with shaded elevations with shadows

[05uurx]

I'm playing around with shaded elevations with shadows...i'm basically doing it the same way as many have described here before:

Basically, overlaying a render:final view with shadows over/under a basic vector elevation sent to layout to 1/4 scale, then re-sizing the image to match the vector view and positioning correctly...it works pretty good, and i usually increase the brightness of image by 30% or more, to sort of "wash" it out, but so you can see the shadows, etc...

I'm printing b&w so i'm not worried about color, but i do like the look of the greyscale shading and shadows, but here is my question:

What determines the resolution of the render view that i send to the layout? My screen resolution? I'd like to increase the resolution of the image so when i blow it up to match a 1/4" scale vector view on layout, it doesnt start to pixelate as much like i'm seeing now.

My monitor setting is at 1280 x 1024 if that makes a difference.

Any ideas or advice? Thanks

[05uurx]

I suppose i could raytrace at a set resolution, but i'm looking for a quicker way than that...

[WendyWelton]

Screen resolution determines the output pixels for all the render views, including the new artistic ones.

[lbuttery]

saving to file allows for higher resolutions

Lew

[WendyWelton]

saving to file allows for higher resolutions

Lew

Nope - not for renders. Saving to file only allows for higher resolutions on ray traces.

[lbuttery]

Saving to file only allows for higher resolutions on ray traces.


Wendy:

Yep, I missed that, need to read slower


Lew