Corona for Cinema 4D Beta 1 daily build

[burnin]

There's a Texture Manager to view, check, fix, replace...

[kmwhitt]

Thanks for the video.

[Aenard]

Having a new problem recently but i'm not even sure how to reproduce it properly so i'm gonna throw that in the wind.
Basically the way it feels, if i work on scene for some time, do a 2k+ render, stop it and start my 5k render overnight, the render crash after a few hours.
Checking at the moment, i only use +/- 80% of my ram overall (64gb). Also it's not constant, i rendered 5k last week without any problem...
It's hard to reproduce because it only happens after a few hours on 4k+ renders and i'm the only one in the company to update with every build (we also have different hardware).
I join the error message i had this morning and the mentioned log, if it's of any help.

[WorkFlow]

Hey guys,
after finally daring to try the daily builds I have to say you're doing an amazing job!
Really loving the quality and speed improvements and the new features added, especially dispersion is a huge one for me!

But unfortunately I might have found a new bug that has not been reported before (at least not in this thread).

When using a camera with parallel projection the result when rendering in picture viewer or IR shows wrong results -> geometry in editor view and rendering don't line up.
When rendering to C4D's picture viewer results are as expected.

https://corona-renderer.com/bugs/view.php?id=2917

[kmwhitt]

DOF doesn't seem to be working in the November 10th build or am I doing something wrong?  Attached is the view and the settings used.  Although this is a test render, you can see everything is crisp.  I am not using a wide angle (36mm) and fStop is at 1.8, so I should be seeing some effect.  Ideas?

[kmwhitt]

NEO-N - thanks for the reply.  I am using a 35mm lens.  I use this combination of lens, distance and fStop quite often and usually get a decent DOF effect.  You may well be right, but I don't remember it being this difficult.  Thanks again for taking the time to reply...

[Cinemike]

NEO-N - thanks for the reply.  I am using a 35mm lens.  I use this combination of lens, distance and fStop quite often and usually get a decent DOF effect.  You may well be right, but I don't remember it being this difficult.  Thanks again for taking the time to reply...

I am actually a bit confused because with your settings the armchair in the foreground should be blurred. Take a look at your Corona settings in the Camera/Postprocessing tab. Since your camera tag does not overwrite them they should be valid for rendering.
Is there still an F-Stop of 16 there? If yes, try 1.8 there. Do you have DOF now?
Since I ALWAYS override the settings, I cannot say for sure if what is shown in the tag is what it should, but I guess displaying a 1.8 there when it is actually set to 16 could be wrong.

CU
Michael

[kmwhitt]

Michael -  that's a good idea.  I'll give it a try tonight.  I did get a little DOF effect from a render I ran overnight using an fStop of 2.8.  It's sublte, but it's there - see attached.  I may not have let Corona render long enough...

[menano]

Michael -  that's a good idea.  I'll give it a try tonight.  I did get a little DOF effect from a render I ran overnight using an fStop of 2.8.  It's sublte, but it's there - see attached.  I may not have let Corona render long enough...

Seems pretty clean and the effect coming through, now to increase it just decrease the fstop until you get the effect you desire

[kmwhitt]

Michael - it seems you were correct.  I am getting perfect DOF when I change the fStop under render settings.  It appears the individual cameras are not overriding this master setting.

[Eddoron]

I have a small suggestion:
Why not render the ZDepth pass and add the DOF later? It would save you a lot of render time and individual tests would not have to take a night.
But if you want to use the CRN DOF and find the right settings I would render out a ZDepth to test the different DOF styles and apply them to the camera later.

It would also make it easier for people to help you with the right settings when they see what you have in mind.

[kmwhitt]

Eddoron - In my opinion, DOF in post is just not the same.  I wasn't asking for help with the settings.  I just wanted the effect to work - which it now does when I change the fStop under render settings.

[iacdxb]

Albedo channel showing weird in comparison.

Purple is the bottom part of the object... and it should not be purple or I am doing anything wrong. Anyone tested...?

Thanks.

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[tiagosaraivacg]

just a quick doubt.. anyone ever had this problem?.. My render ended up showing the noise level at 1%... still.. my image is full of noise...This been happening quite frequently with last updates. (had to use denoise)



thanks in advance

cumps
Tiago Saraiva

[burnin]

^ assuming you're aware of pitfalls in PT rendering (NO - intersections, 100%whites, extra strong lights, improper scale...)
+ provide the scene description & render settings in full
+ or send it (problematic scene or part of) to developers (to investigate)


PS
IIRC, in latest version - noise level using DMC sampler is not 100% reliable (need developer to confirm) -
test: set passes to 256 or unlimited (0), run render only on the problematic part