Chaos Corona Forum
Chaos Corona for Cinema 4D => [C4D] Tutorials & Guides => Topic started by: maru on 2023-03-17, 14:28:10
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This thread serves as a support team changelog, where we will be periodically listing our Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us) and Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/) updates (and more).
New in Corona 10 daily builds:
- You can now control clouds color by adjusting sun color. Affected articles:
How to add daylight in Corona for C4D (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528616045841-How-to-add-daylight-in-Corona-for-C4D)
How to use Corona Sky Clouds - C4D (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/8782365946513-How-to-use-Corona-Sky-Clouds-C4D)
Corona Sky (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Sky)
- You can now place a camera inside a volume (even if it's an object) or at the interface of multiple volumes (e.g. air and water):
New Volume Resolving in Corona 10 (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/11905001704977)
Camera inside volumes playground thread (https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=39164.0)
- Updated NVIDIA AI Denoiser errors article:
NVIDIA GPU AI Denoiser Errors (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528206782609)
Other:
- Added a guide, How to create basic materials in Corona for C4D:
How to create basic materials in Corona for C4D (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/14071069896209-How-to-create-basic-materials-in-Corona-for-Cinema-4D-)
- updated Corona for C4D activation guide:
Activating Corona for Cinema 4D (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4642139027345-Activating-Corona-for-Cinema-4D)
- We have started a forum cleanup process to make sure all important user reports are addressed correctly, move some threads to the appropriate forum sections, remove spam, etc.
- Created a new article covering issues with dot ( . ) vs comma ( , ) issues in the Corona VFB and how to resolve them (generally, there should be no issues with this anyway):
Entering decimal values in VFB Tone Mapping does not work (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/11904480393233)
- Added a short Cosmos changelog in:
Chaos Cosmos (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Chaos+Cosmos)
- other minor fixes
Note: if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us here (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new).
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The displacement guide now also includes C4D content:
How to use displacement? (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/13230792724497)
Added a new article:
Creating basic materials (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/14071069896209)
(forgotten in the previous entry) This guide also applies to C4D (currently 3ds Max screenshots only):
How to correctly combine Corona Mapping Randomizer, Triplanar, and Normal maps? (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/13800753963537)
(common for Max and C4D) New error message - Corona Decal "Affect Base" only works with Corona Physical Mtl:
Affecting only a part of a base material with a Decal material is only supported if both materials are Corona Physical Materials. (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/14732104989969)
Updated LightMix articles (it is now possible to set up LightMix by layers):
Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/LightMix)
and
Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528595708561)
Note: if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us here (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new).
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New error message: Corona Decal "affect base" option only works when using the Corona Physical Material:
- Affecting only a part of a base material with a Decal material is only supported if both materials are Corona Physical Materials. (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/14732104989969)
Updated tone mapping articles (mostly with info that ACES OT is in the stack by default):
- Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/5015950770705-How-to-use-the-new-Tone-Mapping-C4D)
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Tone+Mapping+Operators)
Updated articles on the Corona Proxy:
- Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528530074001)
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Proxy)
Added a new article:
- Corona Preferences Window (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Preferences)
Updated Interactive Rendering articles to include the "IR Subsampling" option:
- Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528493906449#h_01H39PS7K3WYGYR93NH94PGRPF)
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Interactive+Rendering#CoronaInteractiveRendering-InteractiveRenderSettingsandLimits)
Added an article listing all DOF Highlights Solver error messages:
- DOF Highlights Solver Error Messages (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/15411581771921)
Note: if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us here (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new).
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Updated the "How to use Depth of Field" guide with the new DOF Highlights Solver info:
- Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528595594641)
Included the new DOF Highlights Solver in Render Settings > Performance Settings documentation:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Performance+Settings)
Updated/simplified the manual installation guide:
- Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4526313794065)
Updated information on Corona Decal "Affect Base" options:
- Playground Thread (https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=40070.0)
- Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4954081899793-How-to-use-Corona-Decal-object-in-Cinema-4D-)
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Decal)
Added updates related to Corona 10 inside-medium rendering and physical size to the Corona Camera articles:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Camera+tag)
Added minor updates to the Corona Scanned Mtl article:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Scanned+Material)
Added minor updates to the Corona Pattern article
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Pattern)
Moved commonly used abbreviations from the Help Center to the Documentation Portal:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Common+Abbreviations)
Note: if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us here (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new).
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Created a simple documentation for the Corona 10 Benchmark:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRBENCH)
Updated the Corona Lister article:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Lister)
Updated the VFB article:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+VFB)
Updated the IR article:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Interactive+Rendering)
Moved render stamp variables article from the Help Center:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Render+Stamp+Variables)
Created a basic documentation for the tonemapping operators:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Tone+Mapping+Operators)
Updated multiple articles with the new Corona 10 alpha options for volumes:
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Physical+Material
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Legacy+Material
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Shadow+Catcher+Material
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Volume+Material
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Scanned+Material
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Sky
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Volume+Grid
Note: if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us here (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new).
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Corona Benchmark - added clarification on the ray/s unit on multiple pages - https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRBENCH/Using+Corona+Benchmark
Various maintenance updates such as new renders/screenshots:
Help Center:
V11 Bump/Normal Filtering (C4D content coming soon!) - https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/19161682524305
Orthographic camera and screen size displacement - https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/18026265850385
Commandline rendering - https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/14696502141073
Chaos Scatter (multiple pages) - https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4953600578065
Light Types - https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528304737553
Getting rid of excessive noise - https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528247036305
How many passes is enough? - https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528236666257
Adaptivity - https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528323634705
Max Sample Intensity - https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528507399441
Documentation:
The Shaders Page - https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Shaders
Corona Preferences - https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Preferences
Corona Performance Settings - https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Performance+Settings
Corona Bitmap Shader - https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Bitmap+Shader
Chaos Scatter - https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Chaos+Scatter
Corona Mapping Randomizer Shader - https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Mapping+Randomizer+Shader
Corona Lister - https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Lister
Note: if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us here (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new).
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Mostly Corona 11 updates:
Updated Chaos Scatter articles with the new features and UI screenshots:
- Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/5244883674897)
Created a new article for the Corona Tile Map:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Tile+Shader)
Updated the Multimap article with information on the new Tile ID mode:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Multi+Shader)
Updated the Mapping Randomizer article with information on the new Tile ID mode:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Mapping+Randomizer+Shader)
Created a new article on the new bump/normal filtering in Corona 11:
- Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/19161682524305)
Updated the Corona Physical Mtl article with the new filtering options:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Physical+Material)
Updated the Corona Skin Mtl article with the new filtering options:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Skin+Material)
Updated multiple articles with information on the new Intel denoiser:
- How to use denoising? - Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528591107729)
- System Requirements - Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4665349542417)
- Interactive Rendering - Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528493906449)
- Interactive Rendering - Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Interactive+Rendering)
- General Settings Tab - Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/General+settings)
- Performance Settings Tab - Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Performance+Settings)
Updated the Corona Image Editor articles with a new CIE batch processing script:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/x/vJkRBQ)
Added short notes about Pyro
- Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528489581329)
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/x/P5kRBQ)
Added information about the Displacement Tag to the Corona Lister article:
- Documentation Portal (https://docs.chaos.com/x/bcpsBQ)
New error message article: OIDN: No device with CUDA support available.
- Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/19921888943505/)
New error message: Tile Map's custom pattern could not be parsed. Problem is in the following row.
- Help Center (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/20443030242193)
...plus various other updates and changes to keep all articles up to date. We are also working on a few remaining articles which will be shared here soon.
Note: if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us here (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new).
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Migrated information from https://wiki.corona-renderer.com/ to the Chaos Documentation Portal. When trying to access the wiki (both https://wiki.corona-renderer.com/ and https://corona-renderer.com/wiki), you are now redirected to Corona Docs).
- Corona Standalone - https://docs.chaos.com/display/CS
Moved the installation guide from the Help Center to the Documentation Portal:
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Installation+Process
Updated denoising articles:
- https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528493906449
- https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528591107729
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/General+Settings
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Image+Editor
- https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/19921888943505
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Interactive+Rendering
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Performance+Settings
Updated the system requirements article:
- https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4665349542417
Created an article for the Corona Edge Shader:
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Edge+Shader
Updated the Lister article:
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Lister
Added Tile ID to the Mapping Randomizer article:
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Mapping+Randomizer+Shader
Added Tile ID to the Multi Shader article:
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Corona+Multi+Shader
Updated the SSS in Corona article:
- https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528339318289
Updated the Scene Converter article:
- https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Scene+Converter
New error messages:
- https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/19921888943505
- https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/20443030242193
...plus various other updates and changes to keep all articles up to date.
Note: if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us here (https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new).