Hi everyone,
Could really use some help here. Since the upgrade from 4.5 to 4.7, I have been unable to get the same quality of render I was with 4.5. File sizes end up smaller than before (my high quality renders came in at around 40MB to 120MB, and were easily able to be scaled up or down in Photoshop), but since anything 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, I have not been able to increase the file size, and final render size is 540KB, which is tiny, and when scaling it in Photoshop it ends up grainy and pixelated.
I am a DAZ hobbyist, not a computer scientist, so simple terms greatly appreciated!
What my end goal is to be able to do, is render around the 15MB to 50MB in size. With 4.5, I was able to set the slider to max settings, and end up with a very long (usually overnight render) but with beautiful detail and great lighting. Using the same scene, but rendering it now, ends up flat, lifeless, and with zero level of the detail it once got. Even changing render engines back to before 3Delight does nothing to fix this.
I have long been trying to get back to this level of detail using the new iRay, and 3Delight, but have not been able to come anywhere near close to what I was once getting. If I upgrade from 4.8 to 4.9, will I be able to adjust the file size, and if so, how? Because in 4.8, when I try to manually change the size with the little padlock unlocked, it ALWAYS resets to default as soon as I click away. Why does it do this? And does 4.9 fix this problem?
Any help greatly appreciated
Linton