ThreeJS Texture is pixelated when seen from distance - three.js

Question

I was playing with webGL and ThreeJS, then I've got the following issue:
Textures with large images gets pixelated when seen from distance.
Check the example: http://jsfiddle.net/4qTR3/1/
Below is the code:
var scene = new THREE.Scene();
var camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(40, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 10, 7000);
var light = new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff);
light.position.set(0, 150, 100);
scene.add(light);
var light2 = new THREE.AmbientLight(0x444444);
scene.add(light2);
var renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true
});
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
var geometry = new THREE.PlaneGeometry(500, 500, 10, 10);
//I use different textures in my project
var texture = new THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture(TEST_IMAGE);
var textureBack = new THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture(TEST_IMAGE);
textureBack.anisotropy = renderer.getMaxAnisotropy();
texture.anisotropy = renderer.getMaxAnisotropy();
//Filters
texture.magFilter = THREE.NearestFilter;
texture.minFilter = THREE.LinearMipMapLinearFilter;
textureBack.magFilter = THREE.NearestFilter;
textureBack.minFilter = THREE.LinearMipMapLinearFilter;
var materials = [
new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({
transparent: true,
map: texture,
side: THREE.FrontSide
}),
new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({
transparent: true,
map: textureBack,
side: THREE.BackSide
})];
for (var i = 0, len = geometry.faces.length; i < len; i++) {
var face = geometry.faces[i].clone();
face.materialIndex = 1;
geometry.faces.push(face);
geometry.faceVertexUvs[0].push(geometry.faceVertexUvs[0][i].slice(0));
}
planeObject = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, new THREE.MeshFaceMaterial(materials));
planeObject.overdraw = true;
planeObject.position.z = -5000;
scene.add(planeObject);
camera.position.z = 1000;
(function render() {
requestAnimationFrame(render);
planeObject.rotation.y += 0.02;
renderer.render(scene, camera);
})();
If the image of the texture has got text in it, the text becomes very pixelated with poor quality.
How can I fix this?

Answer 1

In order to not get pixelated you need to use mips but WebGL can't generate mips for non-power-of-2 textures. Your texture is 800x533, neither of those is a power of 2.
a couple of options
1) Scale the picture offline to powers of 2 like 512x512 or 1024x512
2) Scale the picture at runtime before making a texture.
Load the image yourself, once loaded make a canvas that is power-of-2. call drawImage(img, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height) to scale the image into the canvas. Then load the canvas into a texture.
You also probably want to change your mag filtering from NearestFilter to LinearFilter.
Note: (1) is the better option. (2) takes time on the user's machine, uses more memory, and you have no guarantee what the quality of the scaling will be.
Example here.