rendered images not as clean as the live image

[RobW]

Please can someone explain why my live window always looks cleaner than the rendered version even whilst following procedure on render settings.
Does anyone else have this issue?

[LayC42]

Perhaps you use the advanced render settings. Only max samples mode and max time is exactly the live render algorithm.
And the head up display (top left corner, hit h key) shows the current sample rate and time of your scene in live render mode.

Hope that helps.

[RobW]

Hi, these renders are max samples but they just come out really grainy whereas the live screen is completely smooth

[RobW]

oh wait, no it was on 64 samples. I am now trying a version maxed up to 256. Hopefully that should completely eradicate the grain

[Esben Oxholm]

Hi Rob.

I want to echo in on LayC42 about the heads up display that shows, amongst other things, the sample rate of your real time view.

Take a look at the number when your real time rendering is clean and use the same number when rendering with the max samples option.