Launching a photorealistic rendering can take time or can be fast. Apart from the hardware factor, there are parameters that can be adjusted to different quality settings and affect how long a render will take.
Note: There are also other factors that can affect a rendering, for example, surfaces such as metallic or gloss surfaces in a design may reflect more light. For more information, see How to reduce digital noise.
In the Alternative,
- Right-click in the Perspective window.
- Go to Perspective and select Render view settings.
- In the Render quality settings window, there are three sections which affect the speed of rendering. Note: Increasing the quality of these sections will slow down the particular render you launched.
On-screen Render quality - adjusting this slider will affect the quality level of on-screen renders.
On-screen rendering resolution adjustment - adjusting this slider will affect the sharpness of on-screen renders.
File/Printer Render quality - adjusting this slider will affect the quality level of exported renders.
For the Render quality sliders, there are five levels which affect the speed of the render:
- Level 1 = regular time
- Level 2 = x 1.6 time
- Level 3 = x 2.6 time
- Level 4 = x 6.6 time
- Level 5 = x 38 time
- Click OK to save the settings.
The higher quality you choose, the longer the image will take to be rendered. Try out the settings to see which is suitable for your needs.
Note: The two render quality sliders can be set with different values so that it is possible to make a very fast rendering on screen in order to finalise the light settings, and slower in export in order to have the best possible quality.
Note: If you export a photo rendering as an image file (png, jpg, jpeg,...) you must also take into account the output resolution. The higher it is, the longer the rendering will take.
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