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Gallery / Re: Sidus

« on: 2024-04-11, 16:33:10 »

Simply Beautiful,
is everying 3D,

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Hardware / Need advice/recommendations for new 27 monitor

« on: 2023-09-18, 12:41:03 »

Hi folks,
my trusty Dell 27 is acting up and I need to get a replacement monitor asap,

looking at a budget of €400-500, have used Dell for years and no probs till now, would appreciate any advice, most of my work is 3DS MAX/PS (running a 1070ti card)

Thanks
Tom

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[Max] I need help! / Re: corona distance for road markings,

« on: 2023-06-26, 16:06:39 »

my mistake, i was using a coronacolour as input on the uploaded file rather than the cosmos bitmap in my orignal file, all working perfectly  now - thanks for the help -
I need to spend a couple of days on mats again ;-)

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[Max] I need help! / Re: corona distance for road markings,

« on: 2023-06-26, 15:29:01 »

Here's i did setup it for you. You should really try to start using SME as it makes complex material setup so much easier.

much appreciated,
I get what you are doing but it rips the texture off the road (using Ashphalt grey 15-30 from Cosmos) :-/
thanks
T

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[Max] I need help! / Re: corona distance for road markings,

« on: 2023-06-26, 13:25:31 »

thanks for that
I'm struggling to get it to work :-(  using the setup i have
rarely use slate (old school),

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[Max] I need help! / corona distance for road markings,

« on: 2023-06-26, 00:39:47 »

folks, this is probably easy but how can i get different road markings to use different colours
currenty using extruded splines, want the red box to be red on the road (not white as it currently is)
the purple splines (road markings) as all fine as they are
if I need 2 coronadistance maps (1 for each colour) plugged into the the base colour of the road what maps should i plug them into before going into the base colour
Thanks

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[Max] I need help! / Re: corona8 frame buiffer, darker

« on: 2022-05-06, 21:41:34 »

only when i restarted max that I saw that dialog,
wierd thing was that this was a scene from earlier Corona R6 that was rendering out fine, but gamma output changed after R8 or something else caused it that I am unaware of.

So i save out image at 2.2 from VFB. Thats what it should be at correct? or can i have it set to 2.2 automatically?

I have outputgamma @2.2 in currentdefault.ini file so presumed that took care of the bitmap output gamma

cheers

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[Max] I need help! / Re: corona8 frame buiffer, darker

« on: 2022-05-06, 17:35:59 »

ok stripped down scene, but same issue of diff between vbf and opening PNG in PS

hopefully this will help to see whats up with my scene.

thanks

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[Max] I need help! / Re: corona8 frame buiffer, darker

« on: 2022-05-06, 13:58:08 »

as per yours Tom, with the exception of a checked box for 'Compensate for Scene -referred profiles'

So if i save straight out as a png from the FB it will be dark in ps,
if I save as a cxr and then as a png it will be corect in PS but even with alpha split option ticked in the save options dialog the environment (corona sky with ground) I cannot load slection without the entire image being selected, i.e. object  and background not sepatated, what am i missing??? i havent had this issue in previous versions, I can upload scene if that helps,
Thanks,

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[Max] I need help! / corona8 frame buiffer, darker

« on: 2022-05-06, 12:08:09 »

Hi,
I seen to have a prob,
just started with Corona R8, and getting darker images than expected when i open in PS. gamma enables and set to 2.2 (reminds me of  the horrible vray days)
I render and save as png, > i open in PS then image is darker than the corona frame buffer image.
this wasnt happening in R6 (I skipped R7 )
any ideas?
Thanks
T

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[Max] I need help! / Quick question on animation and lightmix

« on: 2021-09-08, 19:43:34 »

hi,
i normally work on stills but going to do an interior animation,
I have got my scene looking the way i want it using LightMix,
Q: i'm rendering out 200 frames, do i need to save each Render Element (of which there are about 8) for each frame? so I would be looking at a folder of stills containing 1600 images (8 images per frame x 200frames) and the only ones i need for compositing are the lightmix ones
hope this makes sense
thanks

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[Max] General Discussion / new PC build , licence question

« on: 2021-06-28, 17:18:09 »

Hi,
I have a new build running and want to use Corona on it, I have 1 license FairSaas that is currently running on my old pc,
I have it for 4+ yrs now so can't remember the original install license activation method :-(
can i run and activate corona on my new build as long as I don't start up the old PC  and activate Corona on it, i.e. Is the FairSaas license effectively a floating license?????
I am currently using is in 30 day demo mode on new PC.
Thanks
Tom

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[Max] I need help! / Re: need to make this cladding by maps or other,

« on: 2021-06-21, 22:56:10 »

Frood,
you are a legend, thanks for this, Really appreciated,  I got close with FloorGenerator in the last hour but your version is spot on,
thanks again, 
 

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[Max] I need help! / need to make this cladding by maps or other,

« on: 2021-06-21, 20:57:15 »

hi all
I'm under pressure to get a building faced done, and am having probs with the cladding,
what would you advice to do to get this cladding down, i..e model or use texture maps (tiles)
i'd would rather use maps/procedural as it is not a close up shot and also the time saved in modelling all these panels, can Bercon tile do anything like this?
any advise would be much appreciated,
Thanks
Tom

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Corona IR constantly re-booting, driving me up the wall

« on: 2021-03-29, 01:04:22 »

try locking the viewport ?