1.7.9 question

[Weber]

So I'm new here as you have figured out and the latest version is my first.  This is also my very first 3d fractal software.  Anyway I'm working on a nice video and I was wondering how to increase the draw distance?  What setting is it?  For example in my animation, I will come around a bend and the background will slowly appear and it looks very choppy.  Is there anyway to increase the draw so it's already there?  I notice a lot of other videos that seem to not have this problem and the geometry is already loaded.  And in case some of you may ask, my system is as follows:

Windows 7 Pro x64
Intel Core i7 870
8GB ram
nVidia GTX 260

[MindsEye]

If I understand what you are asking I think you want the Far Plane setting that is available in the little pop-down menu that is part of the NAV. You access this menu by the little dark grey arrows on the bottom right of the nav.

[Jesse]

Yes, increase the farplane value in the low extendable navi panel, you can also increase the depth fog to make the background parts vanish smoother, if used as a feature.

[Weber]

Thanks for the help guys.  I did already have far plane set to 100.  How much higher can I go on this setting?  And I will have to adjust the fog a bit more to see what happens.

[Jesse]

No problem with higher values like 1000 or more, it was on older program versions that this slowed down render time very much, not that much in recent versions.