New to KS4: Render appears completely different than Realtime Render

[cmcconnell]

Hello - I am fairly new to rendering and KS4. I am experimenting with some Hardware rendering.

My hardware looks much better in the real time window then it does after it renders. I have experimented with different HDRIs and all of teh render settings, but I am unable to get the render to look like the realtime.

Hardware.8.jpg is a screenshot of the real time.

hardware.5.jpg is the render.

Am I doing something wrong, or is this the way it is supposed to work?

[EGON]

Last week I ran into the same problem. Was driving me nuts.

[DriesV]

I get this too from time to time. I can't put my finger on when it happens exactly.
Mostly differences between working window and 'advanced rendering' output.
Sometimes differences between working window and 'realtime rendering' output too.

Dries

[Ed]

Had this happen as well last week - ver 4 Pro.

When rendered with settings set for quality, my model had lost some reflected light compared to the RT window.  It was a noticeable difference (in a negative way).

No glass, no lighting (just an edited HDR) or anything special - just a ring model with metal material.

So I ended up rendering a clown pass (so I could make the BG transparent), then ending up taking Render > Save Screen shot in PNG format.

The screenshot had noticeably better quality than if I had rendered.

Ed

[cmcconnell]

Very glad to see I am not the only one. As reassuring as that is.

I found I can get the same quality if I switch to a max time render. Not sure why that is.

[Bruno F]

Hello cmcconnell,

Can you please specify (or post a screenshot) of your environment settings as well as your render settings?  If the issue persist you may contact support@luxion.com

[cmcconnell]

Here they are...

[guest84672]

The scale of the environment may be an issue here. We will check.

[PhilippeV8]

Last week I ran into the same problem. Was driving me nuts.

ROFLOL 

... pun intended ? 

[cmcconnell]

Ha ha - try this:

[PhilippeV8]

Yeay !

Which is worse ?  Going nuts with bolts, or going nuts with nuts ? :p

[Magnus Skogsfjord]

I don't know if this has been resolved or not, but I experienced issues with DOF enabled when I did the render. Image 1 shows the render with DOF on. Image 2 shows a screenshot of the render after some waiting. The latter looks better in my opinion. If I disable the DOF, the latter result(best result) will apply on both waiting and render.

Same settings and same lighting on both images btw.

Using KS 4.3.10 - Student license

[thomasteger]

Make sure to increase you DOF quality in the advanced quality settings. Or use Max Render Time or Max Samples.

[Magnus Skogsfjord]

I had a value of 4.5 in DOF-quality, so I don't think this causes the issue(?) But I will definitely try the the other options you mentioned as well.