It gets rid of the aliasing, without blurring the texture detail. However, unlike FXAA, SMAA isn’t too strong. The buntings and the vegetation also get the same treatment. They lose the teeth on the edges when SMAA is turned on. The differences are subtle but exist across the entire image. Below you can see SMAA in action: No AA SMAA Here’s a comparison of how AA impacts your game. Enlarge the images and see how the second one is notably smoother. Above’s an example of how FXAA (fast approximate anti-aliasing) improves the image quality by reducing the jaggies.
