2K vs Full-HD (Patreon)

Published:

2017-09-12 13:58:50

Imported:

2023-02

Content

Lately I’ve been quite worried about time delays and optimization to make my work faster. The obvious cut in the project in order to gain some speed is 2K, which is a quality downgrade I’d be more than happy to take if I was a user, but I thought you guys deserve a saying on this.

So, the question is simple. Should I keep going with 2k renders (2560x1440 px) or should I downgrade to Full-HD (1920x1080 px)?

To help you take your decision I’ve rendered one image in both resolutions. It’s straight out Daz3D without a single minute of Photoshop in it, so it’s a fair contest. This also means that the end result would be better in both cases after postproduction.

2K (2560x1440):

(Click to view)

Full-HD (1920x1080):

(Click to view)

Just for reference, keep in mind that the 2K render took more than double the time the Full-HD one needed to complete.