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[Max] Feature Requests / Add selected lights to lightmix layer

« on: 2020-02-24, 10:27:53 »

It would be useful in the lightmix toolbar dialog to have an option of adding the selected lights to a new lightselect layer  and being able to name the layer it generates when adding selected lights.

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[Max] Feature Requests / CIE - Save as different size/resolution

« on: 2020-02-21, 12:18:28 »

It would be great to be able to adjust the output size of your renders from CIE.

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[Max] I need help! / Can anyone see whats wrong with this snippet?

« on: 2020-02-20, 10:11:04 »

CoronaRenderer.adaptivity_targetError = 3.0

I cant find anything in the docs to suggest this isn't being used in the right way?

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[Max] I need help! / Can anyone explain the link between the light intensity units?

« on: 2020-02-06, 17:17:21 »

In the intensity drop down when using a corona light you can set what units you want to use.
Are these correct conversions when changing the units?

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Corona lights dont white balance properly

« on: 2020-01-28, 15:14:00 »

Corona lights dont match up properly with the tonemapping white balance. A 6500K Light with 6500k white balance yields a magenta-tinted result on a grey plane. If you remove the light and set the environment to 6500k the result is accurate to mid grey and the RGB values are consistent. The corona lights seem to be incorrect. Ive reported on freshdesk but wondered if anyone else had experienced the same issue?

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[Max] Feature Requests / Lightmix style colour change?

« on: 2019-09-27, 23:43:03 »

In the same way you can put the light from caustics into its own render element, would it ever be possible to allow an object colour change post render by dropping all of the GI bounce and light cast from an object onto its own render element allowing the user to adjust the HSL of that specific layer to change the colour and in turn the GI coming off of the object?

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[Max] I need help! / What would be the correct way to blend 2 normal maps together?

« on: 2019-09-26, 16:33:36 »

I have a fabric normal map and a wrinkes normal map and keep finding myself needing both.
What would the correct Gamma and blend mode be to mix them properly?

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[Max] Feature Requests / Corona select material improvements

« on: 2019-08-28, 14:12:48 »

Great feature. Saved me alot of time this week. I have a couple of observations.

It would be useful to be able to name the input slots of the corona select material.
It would be useful to be able to control the active input slot via a modifier or a toolbar with a drop down and a spinner.
Im not sure if its a max issue but it appears that materials dont display correctly in viewport (yet) ?

Keep up the good work :)

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General CG Discussion / Autodesk Material X

« on: 2019-08-27, 10:58:43 »

Interesting talk on some cool open source stuff autodesk and substance have been working on.

Not a valid vimeo URL

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General CG Discussion / Any physical way to measure colour and gloss?

« on: 2019-08-21, 11:54:24 »

Is there a device out there that accurately measures an objects colour and glossiness?
Similar to the sort of thing you might use to calibrate your monitor but for real objects?

Thanks

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[Max] Feature Requests / Can CXR Also save the render info?

« on: 2019-08-13, 17:58:42 »

It would be really useful to have the render info tab available on saved CXRs in the CIE for things like number of passes etc.
I found myself doing some re-renders for a client today on rebus and it would be really useful to know how many passes were used when using a noise limit rather than a pass limit.

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[Max] Feature Requests / "Save as" CXR should be identical to "Save CXR"

« on: 2019-08-08, 20:33:34 »

Ive never understood why the result you get from save as > cxr isnt the same as save CXR in the VFB.
Can it be the default that save as > CXR generates a full cxr file?

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[Max] I need help! / Any way of suppressing hair and fur warnings when using DR?

« on: 2019-08-02, 10:43:51 »

If youre rendering H&F using DR and youre using a somewhat high poly growth mesh you get a warning on every single DR node that has to be manually clicked in order to begin rendering.
Its really annoying. Is there anyone who might have a fix or workaround for this?

Thanks

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[Max] Feature Requests / DR Manager

« on: 2019-07-30, 20:30:01 »

I cant be the only one constantly wrestling with DR and having to manually start and stop the service or program.
It would be fantastic if corona had a dr manager like backburner where, from a master pc,  i could see what the status of each node is (see if its parsing or waiting or whatever)remotely stop, start and restart the dr service (when running as a service) as well as run the actual drserver executable when necessary.

Im sure theres also alot of other interesting things you could do with it but having a couple of buttons to manage DR and its many quirks would certainly be useful.
If not, is there a way to see the various stats DRserver shows on its UI via the corona API So i can perhaps try and code something simple myself?
Ive been trying where possible to hack together powershell stuff to do this at the moment.

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[Max] I need help! / "Cannot send scene" error

« on: 2019-07-29, 17:42:39 »

Im having a problem using DR to render a file. Theres no error in the DR Logs and the last line is DR saving the incoming file.
Are there any known issues with Hair and fur with DR??