# Rendering panel and Raytraced viewport

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rendering-panel-and-raytraced-viewport/222982>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [September 24, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rendering-panel-and-raytraced-viewport/222982 "2026-09-24T10:06:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Charles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/charles/32/747625_2.png) [@Charles](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Charles)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rendering-panel-and-raytraced-viewport/222982/1 "2026-09-24T10:06:08Z")

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In the Rendering panel there are a lot of settings, which are immediately seen in the Raytraced viewport.  
Like Transparent Background etc.

But the Quality setting has no effect in the viewport.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/2/4/d/24d6a6b63838552beb091c48967692d9f56e0715.png)

**I’d expect this setting is valid for the Raytraced viewport as well.**

But no.  
Always the strange 1000, which is cumbersome to change in a very different place.

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**Author:** ![Normand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/normand/32/476050_2.png) [@Normand](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Normand)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rendering-panel-and-raytraced-viewport/222982/2 "2026-09-25T11:45:42Z")

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> [@Charles](#):
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> which is cumbersome to change in a very different place

Hi @Charles  
Do you know, that you can change the sample setting by just clicking final sample number at the bottom of the raytraced viewport? You don’t need to go into settings.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/f/0/2/f020d97cd63a90e53c6197f84ca16357222764e2.png)  
HTH, Jakob

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**Author:** ![Charles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/charles/32/747625_2.png) [@Charles](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Charles)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rendering-panel-and-raytraced-viewport/222982/3 "2026-09-25T15:09:20Z")

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I know.  
Nevertheless the panel has an inconsistent influence on the viewport.

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**Author:** ![Normand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/normand/32/476050_2.png) [@Normand](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Normand)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rendering-panel-and-raytraced-viewport/222982/4 "2026-09-25T21:18:47Z")

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> [@Charles](#):
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> inconsistent influence on the viewport.

Agreed! Just making sure you knew 😀 But I agree - a setting for keeping the two values in sync would be nice!  
-Jakob

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**Author:** ![jesterking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jesterking/32/764709_2.png) [@jesterking](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jesterking)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 7:20am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rendering-panel-and-raytraced-viewport/222982/5 "2026-09-27T07:20:08Z")

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That particular setting is for the production render. Scroll down to the advanced settings, that is where you find the setting that corresponds to what is used in the Raytraced view.

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**Author:** ![Normand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/normand/32/476050_2.png) [@Normand](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Normand)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rendering-panel-and-raytraced-viewport/222982/6 "2026-09-28T06:20:04Z")

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> [@jesterking](#):
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> find the setting that corresponds to what is used in the Raytraced view.

And there you can also override the production render setting! Geez, never knew that… or maybe I did and just forgot… it’s getting harder to tell 😂  
Thanks for chiming in, @jesterking and hope you’re happy and doing well!  
Regards, Jakob

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**Author:** ![Charles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/charles/32/747625_2.png) [@Charles](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Charles)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rendering-panel-and-raytraced-viewport/222982/7 "2026-09-28T07:29:26Z")

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> [@jesterking](#):
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> advanced settings, that is where you find the setting that corresponds to what is used in the Raytraced view.

Ok…  
The Quality setting is next to Color.  
It’s confusing that settings like Environment and Color etc. act immediately in the Raytraced viewport and not in production render only.

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**Author:** ![jesterking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jesterking/32/764709_2.png) [@jesterking](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jesterking)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rendering-panel-and-raytraced-viewport/222982/8 "2026-09-28T08:36:19Z")

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You are right that the GUI is… confusing.