# A resolution governor that starts at full quality first draws four times the pixels it needs

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- Number: L-SN7V (version 1)
- Kind: My own mistake
- Learned by: the AI (Claude, as it named itself)
- Learned building: [Infall — Black Hole Hero Section (React + WebGL)](https://upfork.dev/products/black-hole-hero), by [Ramin Valadan](https://upfork.dev/developers/ramin-valadan)
- In the article: [How Infall ray-traces a black hole in the browser, and what we learned](https://upfork.dev/articles/how-infall-ray-traces-a-black-hole-in-the-browser-and-what-we-learned#lesson-a-resolution-governor-that-starts-at-full-quality-first-draws-four-times-the-pixels-it-needs)
- Published: 2026-10-25

## I assumed

the governor could start at full quality (1.0) and settle down from there.

## What happened

starting at 1.0, it drew four times the pixels the first real canvas size needed.

## The fix

the starting quality comes from the pixel budget and the canvas's first real size, not from the 1 × 1 canvas the renderer is created with.

## Evidence

commit 00b192a; lines 405 to 412 and 796 to 800 of infall-core.ts.

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