<p>Unless you need it make sure you are using the Classic 3D rendering mode and not the "Ray-Traced 3D" renderer. You can see and change the renderer in the top right corner of your comp view or just go into the composition settings menu through the top menu bar.</p>

<p>If you are in need of using the RayTraced 3D renderer click on the options menu and increase the quality from 3 (standard) to a higher value like 6 or 8 and see if that fixes your issue.
You may also change your AntiAliasing mdoe to cubic instead of box.</p>

<p>Also make sure your preview quality is not set to fast draft but to adaptive or final quality.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vQ2AU.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

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2014-08-22T21:10:14.630Z
2014-08-22T21:10:14.630Z
timonsku
<p>I have a 2D image layer that looks great as a 2D layer. Both <code>.png</code> and <code>.eps</code> files are (near) pixel perfect. However when I convert the layer to 3D, there is a massive loss in quality. Is there a setting somewhere that can improve the quality of the video?</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/T9olF.png" height="500"/></p>

<p>2D</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Hxr8Y.png" height="500"/></p>

<p>3D</p>

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2014-08-22T15:11:04.407Z
What happens when you render it losslessly? Does it still look like that?
Scott James Walter
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2014-08-22T15:25:39.153Z
It looks a bit better than RAM preview, but there's still some ugly anti-aliasing. Trouble is, I need a `.png` sequence, which looks terrible when rendered.
Adam Thompson
<after-effects><video-quality><animation><3d>
Loss of quality in after effects 3D layer
Adam Thompson
# Loss of quality in after effects 3D layer

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-22)

I have a 2D image layer that looks great as a 2D layer. Both `.png` and `.eps` files are (near) pixel perfect. However when I convert the layer to 3D, there is a massive loss in quality. Is there a setting somewhere that can improve the quality of the video?

![](https://i.sstatic.net/T9olF.png)

2D

![](https://i.sstatic.net/Hxr8Y.png)

3D

**Tags:** after-effects, video-quality, animation, 3d

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What happens when you render it losslessly? Does it still look like that?  
> **username_0**: It looks a bit better than RAM preview, but there's still some ugly anti-aliasing. Trouble is, I need a `.png` sequence, which looks terrible when rendered.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-08-22. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Unless you need it make sure you are using the Classic 3D rendering mode and not the "Ray-Traced 3D" renderer. You can see and change the renderer in the top right corner of your comp view or just go into the composition settings menu through the top menu bar.

If you are in need of using the RayTraced 3D renderer click on the options menu and increase the quality from 3 (standard) to a higher value like 6 or 8 and see if that fixes your issue.
You may also change your AntiAliasing mdoe to cubic instead of box.

Also make sure your preview quality is not set to fast draft but to adaptive or final quality.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/vQ2AU.png)


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