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[Max] Resolved Bugs / Selection marquee disappears while interactive render is active

« on: 2015-05-09, 21:00:17 »

Not sure if this a Corona issue or something in the MAX settings, but it seems anytime I have interactive rendering on my selection marquee is not visible (no matter which shape is set). Once I stop interactive it works again.

Is this a bug or did I somehow disable some setting?

Using MAX 2014 Design, Corona version 1.00.02

**EDIT: Just saw this in the known bugs & limitations section. Guess this can be closed if need be.**

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[Scatter] I need help! / Density map with CScatter

« on: 2015-04-01, 18:34:28 »

I'm trying to use a custom made map for the density map for my CScatter, yet it isn't working. I switched to a checker map to try that and that isn't working either. Is there something I'm missing here? How do you use this properly? Never had an issue with ForestPro, so I'm a little puzzled.

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General CG Discussion / Best CG Car pack?

« on: 2015-01-15, 23:06:45 »

My office is looking to buy a new set of 3D cars (high & low poly) to be used for entourage in our scenes, anyone have any recommendations?

I suggested iCars from R&D Group, HD Cars Vol. 3-5 from Evermotion, or perhaps picking and choosing from Turbosquid. We already have some Dosch stuff but its not very good IMO. I couldn't really think of anything else, so I wanted to see what the consensus here is. Thanks in advance all.

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[Max] I need help! / Quick Reference for material and render element types?

« on: 2014-06-22, 04:40:34 »

Hey all,

Was just wondering if there was a page or list with a summary explaining what each Corona material does (ie: MixTex, NormalTex, etc) and what each render element does. I couldn't find one on the boards and I don't believe it exists on the Wiki. I'm giving some people a run through of Corona tomorrow and was hoping to have some things spelled out for them to ease the learning experience. Thanks for any help.

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[Max] General Discussion / Proper way to render out Render Elements?

« on: 2014-03-19, 17:37:33 »

I must be doing something idiotic, but now that A6 can render out elements by themselves without the beauty pass "almost instantly", why does it take so long? Are you supposed to change the # of passes or something? Normally I only use the Mat ID and texmap elements, but they still take a while to get rid of the noise.

I can understand the texmap needing time to reduce noise as I use it for an AO pass, but shouldn't the MatID pass be done in a few seconds?

Also, if I stop the passes rendering, the files saved to the specified folder are much lighter than they appear in the VFB.

So what am I doing foolishly wrong? Forgive my ignorance here as I rarely ever used elements until a few months ago. Thanks for any help!

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[Max] Resolved Bugs / XRefing Scenes not supported?

« on: 2014-01-13, 19:23:50 »

I have a file that has 3 other MAX scenes referenced in, yet only the geometry in the main file renders. The referenced files do not.

Linking from CAD works, but not XRef scene.

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[Max] General Discussion / Sun Settings with A5 build?

« on: 2014-01-08, 17:27:29 »

Hello all,

Just started fooling around with Corona to try it out and wanted clarification on one thing. Since the A5 build doesn't have the full options under the Post Processing tab to help with exposure, I'm using extremely low sun & environment settings to get a normal looking image.

I was wondering if this is the way to go about things without the options to adjust the intensity multiplier and highlight burn? My sun is set at .005-.15 intensity and the CoronaSky environment multiplier I've been lowering to .1-.4.

I've been running some material tests using Jeff Patton's mat scene file before getting into a full blown scene, so I can post some images if necessary a little later.

Thanks for any help!