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[Max] Daily Builds / Re: Chaos Corona 13 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Discussion

« on: 2024-10-11, 15:44:55 »

I like the new distribution map presets, but i think in current implementation they are very limiting. We need controls for scale and also RW scale support. Instead of high-low variants of the same map, it would be much more useful if users could edit the balance (levels) and contrast. Rotation and perhaps offset would be very useful too. I know that most of those things can be achieved by other means, like adding UVW map and UVW xform modifiers to distribution object, but it's much more convenient to have all controls in one place, especially since switching between scatter and other objects is not particularly snappy operation even in medium complexity scenes.

Oh, and why UV channel selection is disabled with custom maps? A bug perhaps?

Edit: one more request - an option to invert map.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Open Corona Converter dosen't open

« on: 2024-10-11, 10:39:11 »

Could it be, that Converter window is actually open, but it's off-screen? Try to bring it back with one of the methods here, or in countless other similar articles: https://www.wikihow.com/Bring-an-Off-Screen-Window-Back-on-Windows

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[Max] General Discussion / MOVED: 3DS MAx 2025 Colour Management

« on: 2024-10-07, 19:29:06 »

This topic has been moved to [Max] I need help!.

https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=43669.0

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[Max] I need help! / Re: corona render problem

« on: 2024-10-07, 19:13:50 »

What exactly bad is in your opinion? I can see poor lighting, basic materials, awful texturing, lack of details, boring camera angles and super low resolution - none of those things are renderer's fault. If you want to get help, you need to clearly tell us what's the issue.

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Off-Topic / MOVED: 3DSMAX DISABLE "MISSING EXTERNAL FILES" ON LOAD

« on: 2024-10-04, 20:06:13 »

This topic has been moved to General CG Discussion.

https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=43652.0

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General CG Discussion / Re: 3DSMAX DISABLE "MISSING EXTERNAL FILES" ON LOAD

« on: 2024-10-04, 20:05:45 »

I honestly cannot think of an important warning that I might miss. Any pro tips?

System units mismatch? I certainly wouldn't want to miss that warning, among many others.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Turn off Gamma Warning

« on: 2024-10-04, 19:58:58 »

Your normal map is wired incorrectly. You should plug Corona normal between bitmap and randomizer, not between randomizer and material. Don't know if that would help with false warning messages, but your way of connecting will give you wrong normals whenever rotation is randomized.

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Gallery / Re: Selected | Office CGIs

« on: 2024-10-04, 19:15:00 »

A close-up of the sofa fabric looks very impressive. Would you mind to tell what techniques did you use to create it?

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Work in Progress/Tests / Re: romullus wips

« on: 2024-10-04, 19:12:23 »

Ah yes, AI is very liberal with DOF placement even when it generates entire image at once, but when you're separately inpainting smaller areas, this thing basically gets out of control. I tend not to look at the details too much, since you can always find good amount of AI hallucinations there :D

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[Scatter] I need help! / Re: Instanced object constantly change

« on: 2024-10-04, 19:04:41 »

You can try to enable temporal consistency in scattering rollout, but i doubt if will help if you're modifying distribution object. Can you tell why having fixated scattered instances positions is so important in your case?

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Work in Progress/Tests / Re: romullus wips

« on: 2024-10-03, 23:20:59 »

Hi Aram, would you mind to elaborate what do you mean by texture density? Overall i agree with you that the image feels somewhat inconsistent, especially the woman. I need to pay more attention to that in the future, it's not very easy to keep consistency when you're doing inpainting in chunks.

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[Max] General Discussion / MOVED: SKy environment show wrongly

« on: 2024-10-03, 10:06:51 »

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[Scatter] I need help! / Re: Instanced object constantly change

« on: 2024-10-03, 10:06:26 »

If you edit distribution surface, then distributed instances' positions will inevitably change, there's no way around this, it's how Corona scatter works.

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Work in Progress/Tests / Re: romullus wips

« on: 2024-10-02, 22:10:35 »

My favorite little yellow subject in a forest environment. Workflow - low resolution rendering with Corona, AI enhancement (aka inpainting), AI upscale, fixing small issues in Affinity Photo.

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[Max] General Discussion / MOVED: Texture

« on: 2024-10-02, 12:27:39 »

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