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General CG Discussion / Re: Anyone incorporating AI into the workflow..?

« on: 2025-03-20, 17:00:06 »

I haven't made it through the whole course yet either, but doing a video or two a day, and I agree that it is very interesting and informative! An education in just what AI can (and can't) do and how to use it in a way that makes sense and not just splatter it over everything ;)

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[C4D] Bug Reporting / Re: VFB 2 /

« on: 2025-03-20, 16:58:02 »

For crashes, the minidump is always helpful when available, and it (or they) can be attached to a ticket. If you have looked for one and it's not there, add that info :)

For versions, please let us know which version of macOS, and for Corona versions, which daily - there are many "13 dailies" and bugs and issues can come and go between each. Corona menu, About, then you will get something like "13 (Daily Build Dec 3 2024)" which is what we'd need to know.

See https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4648898278545-How-to-report-issues-C4D on how to find and send the minidump.

Thanks!

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Reuse LightMix after saved

« on: 2025-03-20, 12:56:16 »

You are welcome! Glad we found a way to make this work for you :)

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[C4D] Bug Reporting / Re: Decal on glass, big refraction problems

« on: 2025-03-20, 12:18:55 »

Aha, I read it as two separate images with two separate links heh, and not a zip link and image link. TY!

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Reuse LightMix after saved

« on: 2025-03-20, 12:18:11 »

Instead of copy-paste, you could try starting a new empty scene, Merging things into that from the previous scene before adding any objects or lights or anything else, and see if the config will load and work then. No guarantees mind you, just a thought that it might preserve some ids or similar that LightMix uses to know what is what.

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Corona 12 Update 1

« on: 2025-03-20, 12:16:01 »

Sounds worth a ticket, and would need more info - what is your CPU, your RAM, you do mean Corona 12 Update 1 (Hotfix 1) and not Corona 12 (Hotfix 1), an example scene that is slow for you, and the info on this being with Max 2024 repeated on the ticket. https://support.chaos.com/requests/new

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General CG Discussion / Re: Anyone incorporating AI into the workflow..?

« on: 2025-03-20, 12:12:30 »

You might want to check out this course from our friends at The Common Point, which shows using AI alongside 3D (and the 3D is of course Corona). https://thecommonpoint.com/ai

EDIT: PS - the results they get are definitely not underwhelming :)

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Cryptomatte pass for animation

« on: 2025-03-20, 11:54:35 »

PS -

for using cryptomatte in PS.

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Cryptomatte pass for animation

« on: 2025-03-20, 11:52:47 »

Photoshop does support CXR - you rename it to EXR :) CXR is just EXR file format with extra metadata, that Photoshop will ignore on loading. A batch rename tool can be used if you have several CXRs you want to turn into EXRs. As a note, don't forget Photoshop needs EXR-IO to load EXRs properly (and you will need to chose options for EXR-IO to load cryptomatte data).

The saving an image sequence to CXR and not just saving from the VFB was added in Corona 12 Update 1, https://www.chaos.com/blog/corona-12-update-1, "Added option to save CXR file directly in Save tab in render settings. This should work in batch rendering or when rendering takes."

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[Max] I need help! / Re: render animation

« on: 2025-03-19, 19:21:16 »

"But im old and lazier than yesterday but less than tomorrow. " - I am borrowing this quote lol!

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Reuse LightMix after saved

« on: 2025-03-19, 19:18:36 »

You say "new files" - saved LightMix configs can only be loaded and used into the same scene they were saved from, not into totally brand new scenes. (OFC loading it into the original scene it was saved from where that scene has been edited will work in most cases too, though if you have deleted, renamed, cloned, or added new lights etc. then your mileage may vary). Can you let us know if this is what you meant, or if you were trying loading the .conf back into the same scene it was saved from?

So there was some copy and pasting, but not entirely sure of that process - was that a Merge the scene in? A literal copy and paste as in CTRL C, close scene, in new scene, CTRL V? I can see how that might not work too as the "id" of the light will have changed in the new scene.

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[C4D] Bug Reporting / Re: Decal on glass, big refraction problems

« on: 2025-03-19, 19:16:34 »

Can you share that very simple scene version, or at least screengrab both the base glass material and decal material set up? Thanks!

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[Max] I need help! / Re: render animation

« on: 2025-03-19, 14:16:42 »

Why not go the image sequence route? It's very much recommended, because if anything goes wrong (power outage, crash, etc) you can pick up where you left off, or just re-render particular frames; if you render to an animation format direct from the DCC, you have to render the entire animation again, which can be a very long wait :O

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[Scatter] Feature Requests / Re: Instance transforms through MAXScript

« on: 2025-03-18, 13:07:07 »

You are free to add anything as a feature request directly, via the AHA Ideas Portal at https://chaoscorona.ideas.aha.io/ :) Head on over there and add your suggestion (or vote for it, if someone has already suggested it). Thanks!

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: Broken Vantage Live Link

« on: 2025-03-15, 01:57:16 »

Do be sure to send in a ticket via https://support.chaos.com/requests/new (as the original post here is over 3 months old, so it is better to make sure your issue gets seen via a shiny new ticket!). In the ticket, mention whether you followed any troubleshooting steps provided in the Learn More link. Thanks!