V8i rendering

talk about frustrated. Where do I start.

I will have to describe it as I screen shots effectively come up blank

 

Using new v8i to apply opaque and transparent glass to two set of elements (on the same level, but different element colours) No proglems when you have the view display set to smooth with shadows - all looks fine. But when you render to the screen or a file with raytrace I get windows tinted with the element colour. And before you ask yes I do have the colour of the material set toa set of RGB values and not "use element"

 

any suggestions?