Jason Antic

(8)[Graceful Rendering Degradation] With the above, we're now able to generate much more consistently good looking images, even at different color gpu rendering sizes. Basically, you do generally get a better image if you have the model take up more memory with a bigger render

(9) BUT if you reduce that memory footprint even in half with having the model render a smaller image, the difference in image quality of the end result is often pretty negligible. This effectively means the colorization is usable on a wide variety of machines now!

(10) i.e. You don't need a GeForce 1080TI to do it anymore. You can get by with much less.

(11) [Consistent Rendering Quality] Finally- With the above, I was finally able to narrow down a scheme to make it so that the hunt to find the best version of what the model can render is a lot less tedious. Basically, it amounts to providing a render_factor (int) by the user

(12) and multiplying it by a base size multiplier of 16. This, combined with the square rendering, plays well together. It means that you get predictable behavior of rendering as you increase and decrease render_factor, without too many surprise glitches.

(13) Increase render_factor: Get more details right. Decrease: Still looks good but might miss some details. Simple! So you're no longer going to deal with a clumsy sz factor. Bonus: The memory usage is consistent and predictable so you just have to

(14) figure out the render_factor that works for your gpu once and forget about it. I'll probably try to make that render_factor determination automatic eventually but this should be a big improvement in the meantime.