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The Blur Node now contains the Catmull-Rom filter.
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You GPU doesn't meet the minimum requirements
In the message dialog it states
Requires discrete AMD GPU with RDNA architecture
On the Wikipedia page for RX500 series AMD GPUs you can read on the very first line
These cards are based on the fourth iteration of the Graphics Core Next architecture
Graphics Core Next architecture is a predecessor of newer ...
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Cycles > Bake > Bake Type - Subsurface ???
Blender 2.82 ... so it should be in never as well?
But when I checked manuall it wasnt listed ...
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Some modifiers have different settings for the viewport and the render. In your case, you have set the viewport settings higher than the render. That's why the render looks different (worse).
the Ocean modifier has a value of 24 for Viewport Resolution but only 7 for Render. That's the reason why the god rays are less prominent. Set it to 24 for both.
you ...
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What will help is having some decent subdivisions. Use Cycles, and use Rendered Shading mode.
This cost me over half a day to figure these out. They are often not mentioned in tutorials.
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