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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Quick Licensing question
« on: 2023-02-02, 14:03:27 »
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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Quick Licensing question
« on: 2023-02-02, 12:19:30 »
Yeah I had seen that. That's where I got the 1 month costs from however I want to be absolutely sure that my current scenes will still open with a downgraded 1 month solo license instead of my current premium one.
I guess it will.... happy days!
I guess it will.... happy days!
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[C4D] General Discussion / Quick Licensing question
« on: 2023-02-02, 11:14:04 »
Hi Corona chaps. Long time no speak.
Due to the spiraling costs of Corona and Cinema I moved all my production over to blender before Christmas. My Corona license expires today, and although I still believe it's the best renderer out there, it's just too expensive to make sense any more. My question is; If for some reason I need to revisit an old job that was rendered in Corona, can I just buy a 1 month subscription so that I can open/render it etc. I just want to be sure it will render just fine. I understand I won't have my nodes any more but that's not an issue.
Many thanks
Due to the spiraling costs of Corona and Cinema I moved all my production over to blender before Christmas. My Corona license expires today, and although I still believe it's the best renderer out there, it's just too expensive to make sense any more. My question is; If for some reason I need to revisit an old job that was rendered in Corona, can I just buy a 1 month subscription so that I can open/render it etc. I just want to be sure it will render just fine. I understand I won't have my nodes any more but that's not an issue.
Many thanks
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[C4D] Bug Reporting / Re: Cosmos Keeps Refreshing - On MAC
« on: 2022-12-20, 08:53:50 »
Done. Thanks
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[C4D] Bug Reporting / Re: Cosmos Keeps Refreshing - On MAC
« on: 2022-12-19, 15:19:20 »
This is happening for me too. Endless notifications of 'ula' running and no way to turn them off. Ventura 13.1
Come on Chaos. This is rediculous! Sort it out please.
Come on Chaos. This is rediculous! Sort it out please.
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[C4D] Daily Builds / Re: Mac M1 LOW POWER MODE bug lives on.
« on: 2022-11-19, 16:44:52 »
Er... Mine does. M1 Max Macbook pro.
Assume you mean that Automatic setting?
Assume you mean that Automatic setting?
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[C4D] Daily Builds / Re: Mac M1 LOW POWER MODE bug lives on.
« on: 2022-11-11, 15:23:13 »
Just out of interest, is this setting for 'On battery' or 'On power adapter'? I have my macbook charger plugged in all the time 24/7 so have battery set to automatic and power adapter to 'high power'.. Should I be setting both to low for rendering?
Thanks
Thanks
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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: New pricing - "thank you" Chaos...
« on: 2022-10-28, 13:42:21 »Hey there,
i just got this weird and uninformative email concerning price changes.
"This is to let you know that your subscription pricing has changed.
Product: Corona Renderer for Cinema 4D - FairSaaS - 1 WS + 3 NODES (12 months)
New price: 289.99 EUR
Price for the first month: 418.80 EUR"
New price : 289,99.. for what, no info?
418,80 first month?? huh?
I logged into my account and noticed i am on premium??
Never did i ordered this, so whats the deal here?
mlon
Me too! I think £418.80 is the premium price plus tax. No idea what the 'New Price' is. Probably the old price. It is a rediculous price hike though. I'm currently in the process of researching a new render engine. On top of the Cinema cost it's just not sustainable. I've got until February to find something.... Probably going to end up with Blender and Cycles, even though its not as good as Corona :-(
Sad times in this industry...
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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: New pricing - "thank you" Chaos...
« on: 2022-10-20, 08:55:29 »
Right! If you have the 3 nodes carried over from the FairSaaS days, you will keep those without any additional charge, so long as your Premium is renewed without interruption. New users will have to purchase those Render Nodes separately, but our long term users get to keep them (so long as the subscription continues unbroken through 8, and now Premium remains unbroken onward).
As a note, if you are currently on a Monthly Premium subscription and would like to swap to Annual Premium for the greater economy of the pricing AND still keep your FairSaaS render nodes included in that Annual Premium price, please contact our support team through https://support.chaos.com/requests/new and we can make that happen. This is just to ensure those additional render nodes don't get "lost" if you change from Monthly Premium to Annual Premium yourself.
Hope that helps!
Perfecto! Thanks Tom. I'm too old to be learning new software. I will happily stick to Corona :-)
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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: New pricing - "thank you" Chaos...
« on: 2022-10-19, 14:59:01 »
Sorry Tom, just to be perfectly clear. If I renew premium at £358 per year, I get to keep exactly what I have now, ie 3 nodes... ??
i.e. I don't have to pay per node like they do over in Redshift country!
Thanks
i.e. I don't have to pay per node like they do over in Redshift country!
Thanks
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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: New pricing - "thank you" Chaos...
« on: 2022-10-19, 13:46:12 »
er.. Can I just confirm something here: I currently have Corona single license (lets call it solo) and 3 render nodes. Am I correct in thinking that when it renews in 100 days I can still have Solo and 3 render nodes?
This is critical for me as I don't want 'Premium' (way too expensive) but I can't do without render nodes (way too slow).
If I'm going to lose my nodes then I may as well jump bak to redshift and a super fast GPU. Much as I absolutely love Corona and have been banging on at people about how good it is for years, there's a limit to how much I can afford these days. I'm just a lowly freelancer.
Alternatively, perhaps now is the time to start learning Blender and how to render in Unreal 5 and/or cycles for free.??? Not quite as good as Cinema but when you add up all those costs and add in Adobe too, a few features is not much to save a small fortune.
This is critical for me as I don't want 'Premium' (way too expensive) but I can't do without render nodes (way too slow).
If I'm going to lose my nodes then I may as well jump bak to redshift and a super fast GPU. Much as I absolutely love Corona and have been banging on at people about how good it is for years, there's a limit to how much I can afford these days. I'm just a lowly freelancer.
Alternatively, perhaps now is the time to start learning Blender and how to render in Unreal 5 and/or cycles for free.??? Not quite as good as Cinema but when you add up all those costs and add in Adobe too, a few features is not much to save a small fortune.
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[C4D] I need help! / Re: Render times increasing every frame?
« on: 2022-10-13, 13:46:33 »
Nope... It's still doing it. I'm sitting here watching times increase on a very simple 360 spin of a product. I'm now on C4D 2023 and Corona 9 RC2.. Crazy long render times that started out as a couple of minutes :-(
I don't think it will ever get fixed as it's probably a Maxon issue. They have a very big carpet under which to sweep things!
I don't think it will ever get fixed as it's probably a Maxon issue. They have a very big carpet under which to sweep things!
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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: How to render just one spot of the image with big resolution
« on: 2022-07-28, 10:21:23 »
Just for future use perhaps: In Cinema you can use the 'Film move/zoom/magnify' tools (hit shift-C to find them) to move around the scene or zoom in on a part of it without affecting the perspective. This means you can get right up close to a small area and render it any size you like and it will still match your main view. Cool!
Best to copy your camera first then you can keyframe the 'offset X/Y' should you want to render more than one part. This is a good way to render super huge images. Just animate the camera offset once you've zoomed in so it makes 'tiles' of your image and then comp them in photoshop. I've rendered 30,000 pixel pics like this with no memory issues.. :-)
You can also use this tool to preview a specific area of your scene in the Corona interactive renderer without changing the perspective. Just copy your camera and use the tool to get right up close without worrying about your 'proper' camera. Nice.
Best to copy your camera first then you can keyframe the 'offset X/Y' should you want to render more than one part. This is a good way to render super huge images. Just animate the camera offset once you've zoomed in so it makes 'tiles' of your image and then comp them in photoshop. I've rendered 30,000 pixel pics like this with no memory issues.. :-)
You can also use this tool to preview a specific area of your scene in the Corona interactive renderer without changing the perspective. Just copy your camera and use the tool to get right up close without worrying about your 'proper' camera. Nice.
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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: ornatrix
« on: 2022-04-26, 09:35:44 »
Can you not just use Corona hair with Ornatrix then?
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4526317514513-Corona-Hair-Material-C4D
I've only just discovered Ornatrix so will have to take it for a spin. Looks cool.
EEK! I've just seen the cost.... Scratch that then.. I"ll stick with C4D hair :-)
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4526317514513-Corona-Hair-Material-C4D
I've only just discovered Ornatrix so will have to take it for a spin. Looks cool.
EEK! I've just seen the cost.... Scratch that then.. I"ll stick with C4D hair :-)
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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: April Fools day!
« on: 2022-04-01, 14:45:56 »
The one in V8 RC3...