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[Max] Feature Requests / Re: masking of blend materials

« on: 2015-11-12, 20:41:29 »

You perfectly explained my intentions :-)
When the blend material has MtlID=0, Vray makes submaterial IDs appear in the render element.
When the blend material has MtllD different than 0, it overrides the IDs of submaterials.

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[Max] Feature Requests / Re: masking of blend materials

« on: 2015-11-12, 19:54:12 »

I am amazed by the fact that just *one* person interacted with this topic. How can you do serious post-processing without masks working properly?
...I think it's currently the biggest flaw in Corona. Please, developers, answer me... will you fix it? I don't think it requires much effort to repair it!
Best,
ignicapillus

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[Max] Feature Requests / Re: masking of blend materials

« on: 2015-11-10, 15:02:23 »

I just tried it, but it's not good in all scenarios!
I have a workaround with light materials, but a separate render is needed in order to calculate the masks. It' annoying and time-consuming.

Am I the only one in need of this kind of masks...?
For me it's fundamental for fine tuning of colors and reflections with the client...

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[Max] Feature Requests / Re: masking of blend materials

« on: 2015-11-09, 21:41:19 »

Hello romullus, thanks for answering!
In your example, you're working with a Multi/Sub-Object material, while I am interested in separating materials assigned with a blend... my materials don't follow polygons.

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[Max] Feature Requests / masking of blend materials

« on: 2015-11-09, 20:28:53 »

Hey community!
With the release of Corona 1.3, I hoped that finally materials IDs of sub-materials would be detected by CMasking_masks... see the attached pic: I need that plastic, print and the silver band on the top left appear on different masks. But they do not :-(

In Vray I could get separate masks and that was super useful in compositing.
Am I the only one to be annoyed by this issue? For me it's very important!

Any suggestion to obtain the masks...?
Thank you!

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Gallery / Re: Old shipyard industrial cafe

« on: 2015-10-26, 00:24:58 »

Hey! Apart some noise here and there, your renders are lovely! I like the brick walls, they look very good (but I'd bevel corners: your bricks are worn out, while the corners are too sharp).

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Work in Progress/Tests / Re: Who's faster?

« on: 2015-10-14, 00:48:45 »

Hello! I just want to be constructive with my critics...
I am kind of enthusiastic about animals and for me the most non-realistic thing is the tortoise!

The higher part of the shell (carapace) is good, while the lower part (plastron) is usually much flatter.
The head you modeled is lizard-like; moreover, tortoises have a sort of "beak".
The legs of your tortoise seem to have blisters; those are supposed to be scales!

For example this is Testudo hermanni, which can be found in SE Europe:

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Gallery / Re: Hotel Bedroom Renders

« on: 2015-10-06, 16:04:45 »

That's great to hear! What NGO were you with ?

With a little organization called Amani www.amaniforafrica.it.

Cheers!

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Gallery / Re: Hotel Bedroom Renders

« on: 2015-10-06, 10:45:46 »

Hey! Nice work man!
I think the first image lacks contrast, while I like especially the second one.
The fabrics and the wood look very good.

PS: greetings to Nairobi, I've spent some time in Riruta and Kibera with an NGO.

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: render on previous version

« on: 2015-09-14, 11:23:23 »

Thank you!
In the meanwhile, can I install two versions of Corona on the same pc? I could test the scene locally, before submitting it to the farm...

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[Max] General Discussion / render on previous version

« on: 2015-09-14, 09:07:11 »

Hey! I am a happy user of Corona FairSaas, and so I'm using the latest version (1.2).

The problem is that the renderfarm which I use (http://www.foxrenderfarm.com/specs-software.html) supports an older version of Corona (not sure if 1 or 1.1).
How can I save/convert my file for it? Any idea?

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[Max] I need help! / Re: mask of blend materials

« on: 2015-05-21, 14:57:54 »

thank you so much, this community is great!
I'm curious to try your methods!

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[Max] I need help! / Re: mask of blend materials

« on: 2015-05-20, 14:45:19 »

thank you! That works, but the mask needs some manual cleaning: the map is tiled, and projected on all surfaces.
Is it planned to have it working like in Vray (which seems more logical) in future releases?

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[Max] I need help! / mask of blend materials

« on: 2015-05-20, 11:15:15 »

Hello!
probably someone already asked it, but I cannot find it anywhere in the forum...

Let's say I use a blend material to obtain a simple plastic material with a silver logo stamped on it. How can I make the logo appear in a Material Gbuf ID mask? It seem I can only get the mask of the blend material, not of its two components (while in Vray it was possible).

Any ideas?

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Gallery / Re: Cabin in the forest

« on: 2015-04-01, 18:30:53 »

angled shape reminds me of the great Serbian architect Peđa Ristić, a strange mix between a hippy and H. D. Thoreau, that during Cold War was living in huts designed and built by himself on the trees in islands on the Sava river, in Belgrade:


(pic from Avant Art Magazin)

As for the renders, I find the wood texture too contrasting too, and a bit confusing; while I like exteriors!