Here are some suggestions for improving the quality of your fluids renders:
- Under , set to smooth for a better rendered look.
- If you see chatter when rendering an animation, increase the attribute until the chatter goes away (expect renders in the order of 40 minutes for NTSC frames).
- To eliminate software render artifacts, lower the until the artifacts are no longer completely opaque, and the adjust the curve so that the relative densities of the different parts of the fluid are satisfactory.
- To eliminate artifacts when rendering with mental ray for Maya, increase the factor under to 2.5, or switch the to .