Once again I want to raise this topic, but with a more thorough request.
Recently, I needed to do product images with a focus on photorealism, and once again ran into the annoying limitations of my lovely Corona in this matter.
We have a nice customizable DOF effect inside the corona camera, with almost all the necessary settings, and even the ability to add a custom image for the aperture shape,
but...Chromatic Aberrations
The first obstacle was the actual
impossibility to add proper chromatic aberrations when using DOF inside corona, in case of any post processing methods to add this effect we have to blur or distort the images even more, summing this blur with the already existing DOF effect on the render
Adding a geometric lens with dispersion in front of the camera or simulating aberrations using a custom aperture shape image cannot correctly reproduce different types of aberrations that depend on the geometric position in the frame field and the lens scheme itself. Of course, in my question I turn to the wonderful
DOF Pro plugin by Richard Rosenman, in the corresponding section on his website it is described in detail about different types of chromatic and achromatic aberrations and what exactly influences their appearance.
some examples
At the moment I don't know of any way to add longitudinal and lateral achromatic aberration to an image with an already existing DOF effect other than manually
I created a fairly complex setup in Fusion that adds different types of aberrations and mixes them using a Z-Depth map, but firstly, this approach seems to me not very user-friendly, and secondly, where you can manually refine on static frames, this will be impossible to do when rendering animation
Lens Flares
At the moment, we can only add Lens Flare effect when post-processing in third-party packages, although even real-time engines such as Unreal Engine and Yebis system inside Opengl rendering in Substance Painter/Designer can do this, and our ultra-realistic ray-tracing proudly CPU-based engine simply can not, I think this is a slightly strange omission, with all due respect.
Lens Dirt overlays etc
I will not talk about additional effects that can be added in post-processing, but which are much more efficient to simulate inside the render engine itself, because. for their correct imitation, each user needs to know at least the basic structure of optical schemes, use additional plug-ins, and so on, while the render engine, working in an interconnected system and receiving complete information about the image, can reproduce such effects much more accurately and correctly.
Current Situation
Speaking of the current situation and Corona's commitment to simplicity and user-friendliness, at the moment the user can control the shape of the aperture in 2 places independently - in the C
ustom Aperture section of Bloom & Glare, in and
Bokeh section in the camera settings, meanwhile, these 2 parameters absolutely independent and if we set the bladed aperture in the camera settings, glares will still be calculated for circular and vice versa.
I think this confuses new users, and does not add convenience to the old ones, because in order to correctly simulate a photorealistic image, you need to manually link all these parameters, and I have already said about those effects that we cannot imitate with all our desire.
What do I suggest
Given all of the above, I came up with the idea of one universal LensConstructor, which in its interface would cumulatively collect all the parameters that are responsible for all lens effects and would allow using a limited number of parameters and presets in the form of pre-made optical lens schemes to set the appearance of all these effects.
Schematically, I suggested how it could look, and it can be located in the camera settings, similar to the current opening tonmapping window, otherwise it can be finalized from the current custom aperture shape interface that is in the bloom and glare settings.
The aperture shape created using the constructor or a selected preset from the most popular 10-15 photo and cinema lenses should control all effects at the same time, including both bokeh shape and glare, simplifying user interaction with our engine and providing additional features.
PS In the current iteration of the development of the 9th version, you have prioritized the refinement of existing features and I perfectly understand that these features are not a priority, and in general these effects remain the lot of enthusiasts, but I want to remind you that caustics used to be like that, and now any user can access it using one checkbox, thanks to you and
thanks for your attention!
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