Hi, In the attached image, the top picture was grabbed in preview mode.  The bottom picture is fully rendered.  Oddly, the rope texture is superior in preview than it is after rendering.  I've tried this with another vendor's rope objects, and the results are similar. 

I have used these items previously, and don't recall the results being this poor.  Other textures in the image render just fine. 

Any idea why the rope textures are not rendering as well as expected? 

Thanks.

Mike