What render settings do you recommend universally?
Two questions actually, first one is in the title.
I render at full HD with 2k sample size, texture compression off, pixel filter lanczos. Everything else is on default settings. I have seen nominal luminance and noise degrain filtering being recommended a couple of times but I could not really figure them out. I also had a lower pixel filter radius but set it back to default after finding out that that was the reason for texture artifacts (moire). Render quality is on at 1.00 and 95% but for most of my environments I can't even hit that target so it just renders those 2k samples anyway, or maybe the scenes are just not well lit. I am not very good with lighting yet 😅
Second question, do you use the same settings for animations? I usually half the sample size just to render an animation faster and obviously it loses quality.
I basically use the same render settings for all or most of my renders and scenes and want to know what you use or recommend. I could go higher with the sample size if needed. I use the renders for a visual novel and the engine I am using is optimized for full HD images so if I would use a higher resolution I would need to downscale them anyway.