Hi, i have a selection made on a plane here, the right side is an rgb node and the left side is a gradient node.
In picture viewer these are identical colours however when i render this via commandline theyre completely different colours.
i noticed the colour of items in my scenes were very off and they all share a gradient map somewhere in their structure which is causing it.
the c4d file attached is the simplest i got the scene with the issue still present. ive tried 1.9.3 and 1.9.4, issue is the same. this was not an issue on c4d 2025.3.3, only recently updated and now this issue has appeared.
i rely on commandline rendering a lot and it's not an easy fix for me to strip the gradients out my materials or to stop using them. thanks
Gradient node does not render the same to picture viewer as it does via commandline
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marshalartist
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- node tree, the 2 nodes are swapped to make the different materials used on the plane
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- picture viewer result
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- commandline result
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- gradient.zip
- c4d file in here
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Hi,
Thanks for the report.
Confirmed!
It seems another present from Maxon 2026 update to me.
If you render via commandline with C4D 2025.3.3 and plugin 2026.4-v1.9.4, the result is correct.
Can you confirm?
ciao,
Beppe
Thanks for the report.
Confirmed!
It seems another present from Maxon 2026 update to me.
If you render via commandline with C4D 2025.3.3 and plugin 2026.4-v1.9.4, the result is correct.
Can you confirm?
ciao,
Beppe
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marshalartist
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Hi,
I just tried it with c4d 2025.3.3 and plugin 2026.4-v1.9.4 and the result is consistent between the commandline and picture viewer!
I just tried it with c4d 2025.3.3 and plugin 2026.4-v1.9.4 and the result is consistent between the commandline and picture viewer!
Ok, thanks for the confirmation!
We will look into this asap!
ciao,
Beppe
We will look into this asap!
ciao,
Beppe