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title: Quality
order: 1
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The Quality group controls how rays advance through the scene at full quality — the settled frame, and the F12 camera render. Higher settings = sharper surfaces, slower frames. (The reduced settings used while you navigate live in [Performance](performance.md).)

![Quality settings](../assets/rendersettings-quality.webp)

## Parameters

- **Max Steps** — `16–4096`, default `64`. Maximum ray-marching iterations per pixel. Raise if surfaces look chunky at silhouettes; lower for speed.
- **Hit Threshold** — `0.0001–0.01`, default `0.001`. Distance under which a ray is considered to have hit. Lower = more precise contact, especially for thin features and tight corners.
- **Max Distance** — `10–1000`, default `100`. Hard cap on ray travel. Increase if far objects fade out unexpectedly.
- **Render Resolution** — `1–100%`, default `70%`. Internal resolution of the settled (full-quality) frame as a fraction of the viewport. Drop it on a small monitor for an instant speedup; raise to `100%` for pixel-exact stills.
- **Region Clip** — `10–100%`, default `100%`. Renders only a centered fraction of the viewport. Useful for scrubbing animation while editing without rendering pixels you can't see anyway.

## When to raise each setting

| Symptom | Setting to raise |
|---|---|
| Silhouettes look chunky / pixelated | *Max Steps* |
| Tight corners or thin features look soft | Lower *Hit Threshold* |
| Far objects fade to nothing | *Max Distance* |
| Need higher fidelity at the cost of speed | *Render Resolution* |
| Want a smaller render area while editing | *Region Clip* |

## When to lower each setting

| Symptom | Setting to lower |
|---|---|
| Viewport is sluggish | *Render Resolution* (biggest win) |
| Too much detail isn't visible | *Max Steps* |
| Working on a small monitor | *Render Resolution* |
| Animating, only care about a region | *Region Clip* |

## See also

- [Performance](performance.md) — adaptive quality during navigation
- [Matcap](matcap.md) — viewport shading