SS or Render

[HyDrageN]

Hi to all,

Like new for me to design programs would like to ask a question about the rendering in Keyshot ..
What is the difference between the ScreenShot and Rendering?
Can I use for the best results ScreenShot or should I make arrangements to Rendering ??
And if I should use in rendering, what kind of settings should I do that I have the best outcome in the final image ?

Thanks in advance

[Robert V.]

Hi hydragen,

The screenshot feature is to quickly get an impression of how the render will look like. it';s by far insuperieur to a render.

however, under the render settings one could enable real-time render, which is a slight advanced version of the screenshot.

when you really go and render your object, the final image will look much better, but it could take a lot of time (screenshot is instant, real-time~time can be set manually) depending on your chosen settings.

My advice for those settings to have the best result in the least amount of time:

samples, if you have a shiny object (lot's of metal and glass parts, it could help to get rid of some small artifacts like white dots) a number around 45 will do the trick. Otherwise, use a number between 16 and 25.

ray bounces, calculates the number of times light passes through a material. when set at a high level, glass and fluids (every transparent material in fact) will become more realistic. you could experiment how you model will look like by changing the value under options > realtime.
If your model has some transparent materials, try to stay around 16, if you have a transparent material behind another tranparent material you will be looking at a value around 25.
In other situations (some to no transparent materials) try to use values between 2 and 8

anti aliasing, if your model is a high poly one, 2 or 3 is great. use 8 if your model is of low quality.

shadow quality, I find values below 5 creating low quality shadows. Use 5 or higher.

global illumination quality, it's hard to see improvement here. Use 2 or higher.

pixel filter size, when setting low, your model will be sharper around the edges. It's taste-based ;p

dof quality, speaks for itself.

Sharp shadows, leave it enabled.

[HyDrageN]

Hi PredatorKS,

Thanks for the quick response and for suggestions on photorealism.
It will help enough for the final result.

Thanks again and good day