[WORKAROUND] Post Processing effects in-game and depth of field opinion

As @holger1405 mentioned, I *borrowed* a Bootcamped iMac to test.  Specs:

iMac 18,3 (27", 2017)

i5-7600K

Radeon Pro 580 8 GB

macOS Mojave 10.14.6

Windows 10 build 1809; Apple Bootcamp driver from December

Windows, with post processing on:

Windows, post procesing off:

macOS, post processing on:

macOS, post processing off:

All were taken in new saves in clean folders in windowed mode at the same resolution.

The effect was less obvious in other worlds but still clearly present in Del Sol Valley and Strangerville.  It was less visible in Sulani, although that might have had something to do with the weather.

@SeaDragonSong I can also reproduce this now:
iMac, Catalina, no mods or cc, all packs, all updates.

With Post-Processing:

Without Post-Processing:

Unfortunately, I have no option to click "solved" on the Holger1405 post. This advice on disabling post-processing was brilliant.
For me, the image quality improvement is huge. It's just like exchanging a monitor for a better one.
(Such advice for those who will have the same problem. After changing these settings, you must restart your computer for it to work 🙂 )
I am immensely grateful to Holger 1405 for this solution - I was really close to the decision to throw the old monitor out the window

I had never noticed the difference before I saw this topic. But I was very interested in what effect it would give turning post processing on. And the results are really astonishing! Usually i play without and now i know why. The distant blur is to great and diminishes the overal graphics. 

I play on Win 10 pro, with an i9 processor 9900 KF, CPU 3.60 GHz, 32 GB RAM and a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 super.

And the one without;

Hello.

Just to make sure it's clear - many modern games have a depth-of-field blur effect.  You have the ability to turn it off in Sims 4 though, if you don't like it (through the Post Processing Effects option, as previously mentioned).

That said, if the blur is not being applied properly (as in, if it's blurring all objects of varying distances, or it's not behaving consistently, etc.), it may be a bug, which can be reported in the Bug Reports section.

This thread can be used for general feedback on the blur effect in the game (whether you like it or don't like it, whether you think it's too blurry or not blurry enough, etc).

Thank you 🙂 .

@Trismagistos I agree. I find PP an unpleasant addition which takes away from the image quality while increasing drain on the game. Or in the case of @kreatora's computer it was very bad on his image quality. I found that if I enabled retina it was far less significant of a blur, but the drain was surprising (and laggy) on my computer, and I have a 5k iMac.

I'm not a fan of this feature, @SimQARobo, if you're looking for feedback.

@SimQARobo 

Thanks for the reply!

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SimQARobo wrote:

That said, if the blur is not being applied properly (as in, if it's blurring all objects of varying distances, or it's not behaving consistently, etc.), it may be a bug, which can be reported in the Bug Reports section.

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I would say this is the case.
Here are some examples:
(Normal weather.)

(Thanks @puzzlezaddict for the screenshots.)

The Hut is clearly more blurred in ground view than it is in a high camera view. 
It also leads to distortions on the water.

Here it is visible that objects get blurred that are way to near to the camera, and that it has effects even on very near objects (the plant, the house as well) that I think should not be affected.

That is also visible in the screenshots of @SheriGR.

I personally think that this feature is not working as intended, at least not on some high end NVIDIA and AMD GPUs,
That is why I would like to move this thread into the Bug section.

Hello @holger1405 

I've been told that the team isn't considering this to be a bug, as that's the way Depth-of-Field interacts with the water shader in the game.  Your feedback is noted though.

Thank you.