Camera vs Rendering (and maybe the environment) -3ds Max Design 2013

[nPoika]

Evening all! 

I'm pretty novice at 3ds max and I'm practicing with old projects. At the moment I'm trying to include a model in a photo using the environment. The environment map is set to 'screen' which is meant to prevent the issue with an offset. 

Anywho, I can't seem to get the renderer to match what appears in the Target Camera Viewport, and I have for the life of me, no idea why. Any tips and tricks would be super handy.

As you can see, in the camera viewport a road line can be seen at the bottom, and in the render it cannot be seen. 

If there's any more info I can provide let me know, and I'll do so asap. Thanks!

[PROH]

Hi. There has been some viewport issues in 2013. Make sure you got the latest service pack/product update installed. Also, check your viewport background settings - the background should be set to "match render".

Edit: Remember to set your render output, so it has the same size or proportion as the background image.

Hope it helps.

[nPoika]

Thanks, I'll look into that! 

[PROH]

Hi. Noticed your activity on cgarchitect.com about this issue. Your background image doesn't have the same proportions in the render and the viewport. It's either a bug, or a wrong setting somewhere that's causing this. Did you check your SP/PU version? Did you check your render and viewport background settings? What did you find out?

[nPoika]

Hey there! I lost the original scene, but recreated it with the same basic set up. It appears the aspect ratio was the cause. Thanks for your help!

One additional question, if I am doing an architectural scene that I want photomapped with multiple renders, how do I do this effectively if there's likely to be varying aspect ratios? Is there a way of automatically setting render settings per view or do I just need to adjust it before rendering each scene.

thanks