What is image upscaling factor?

Image Upscaling Factor in 3ds Max:
 
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Image Upscaling Factor in Cinema 4D:

 

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Image upscaling factor (found in the Render Setup > System > System settings > Interactive rendering in 3ds Max and located in the Corona Preferences > Corona > Interactive rendering in Cinema 4D) lowers interactive rendering resolution and then up-scales it back to the specified resolution. This results in:

  • Faster Interactive rendering (3ds Max | C4D)
  • More responsive interactive rendering
  • The on-screen dimensions of the interactive rendering VFB being unaffected
  • The resolution of the rendered image being lower
  • Pixels of the rendered image being larger ("pixelated" appearance)

This is especially useful on High-DPI monitors (e.g. with 4k or higher resolution), where interactive rendering may be running in very high resolution, which may affect rendering performance. 

Note: This does not affect regular (non-interactive) rendering in any way. 

 

Examples

Image upscaling set to the default value of 1. In this case, it has no effect (image upscaling is disabled):

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Image upscaling set to 2. Each pixel is 4 times larger:

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Image upscaling set to 4. Each pixel is 8 times larger:

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