Rhino 8 alpha channel artefacts vs Rhino 7 and Gamma issues 1 - 1.8?

Hi folks.

Just some basic information.
I am testing Rhino8 and especially the new/better Cycle render features / speeds.
Speed increased significantly.
But it looks like that it comes wih some restrains compared to Rhino 7 Cycles renderer.

  1. Alpha channel issues when saving PNG images. With Rhino7 the edges were sharp without any artifacts. With Rhino 8 there is no chance that I can save the images without artifacts on the edges.


    You can clearly see the difference between those two versions. I tried to find settings for this issue but could find any.
  2. There is a significant difference when you load a Rhino 7 file /scene in Rhino 8. The first impression is much darker materials oersaturated. After trying to with the Gamma values from 1- 1.8 etc… this became better, but not the same result as in Rhino7 . In both Rhino Versions I`ve used “Linear workflow” with Gamma 1. Why is there such a huge difference. See the pictures attached.
    Rhino7 Settings and materials


    Rhino 8 settings and materials

Hi. no idea ?

I see the Raytraced/Rhino Render being darker. I will investigate: RH-83550 Raytraced gamma 1.0 with linear workflow appears darker

You’ll have to elaborate on the alpha channel issue. Where and when do you see this?

Hi Nathan.
Thank you for your reply.

  1. Gamma issue. Does your link mean that this could be a bug?
  2. Regarding Alpha channel artefacts. This is the result when I use the PNG image. in Rhino Render window the alpah channel itself is fine, you can see that there is no artefact, it is clearly sharp and clear. but unfortunately I can not save the alpha channel alone to cover this artefacts.
    Could this be a filtering issue or a new issue because in Rhino 8 Cycles Renderer makes it different ?

As far as I can tell the alpha saving goes just fine:

With clearly different background to better see that the alpha channel is correct

Perhaps share a small file that shows the problem.

RH-83550 is fixed in Rhino 8 Service Release 13