Corona Material Library - Appreciation & discussion thread

[Tanakov]

I wouldn't look to the Gallery, as it only updates once maybe twice a year at the moment :)

Thanks, Tom, I meant the forum section, named Gallery:
https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=3.0

[TomG]

Ah lol, my bad! Yes, that one updates as often as people want to submit new images of course :)

[Tanakov]

Ah lol, my bad! Yes, that one updates as often as people want to submit new images of course :)

So can we get some insight into what you plan?

[TomG]

Plan for what? For the Gallery on the forum, we have no plan, that is purely user submissions and up to the users what materials they are using.

For the Material Library updates, we are still in the hiring process. Any actual plan can only come about once we have hired someone and we can begin moving forward.

[Tanakov]

Na Gallery is fine Tom, I just wanted to ask if you can give us some insight on what materials are planned.

As always I have suggestions :)

[TomG]

As noted, "For the Material Library updates, we are still in the hiring process. Any actual plan can only come about once we have hired someone and we can begin moving forward." - as the person we hire will be involved in making the decisions on what materials we will add :)

[JViz]

imagine you could hire Grant Warwick, although I'm afraid he would be too expensive

[Tanakov]

As noted, "For the Material Library updates, we are still in the hiring process. Any actual plan can only come about once we have hired someone and we can begin moving forward." - as the person we hire will be involved in making the decisions on what materials we will add :)

Tom can you please talk to devs is it possible to add Corona Material Library "Real World Scale" off-option? I mean it's impossible to work with UVW unwrapped objects using these maps, same for the Triplanar's. Would be great if there would be extra Icons on those materials
- Real World Scale
- UVW Map
- Triplanar Map
Allowing you to chose what type of mapping you would like to add.

I know it sounds a bit like an overkill but I was teaching someone the basics of Corona Library and It was very hard to describe each aspect of mapping at a go, so I can imagine that it is equally confusing for other beginners.

Also "Community Material Library" that could be voted on and moderated by someone on your staff, so there would be a special kind of online section of the library, where people could submit materials, get them moderated and added to the bigger picture. Just thinking out loud.

Regards

[Tanakov]

Any news? Or is this dead project?

[TomG]

Definitely not dead - person is hired (https://corona-renderer.com/blog/corona-renderer-4-for-3ds-max-released/ - "Matevž Avbelj: Material Library content creator/3D Artist"), and work is well underway on new content, with a lot created so far, but more planned before the update is ready, to make sure the update is worthwhile :) More news of course as things become more set in stone.

[Noah45]

US, mats for us lowlies please?

[Ryuu]

FYI, we've just released a small(ish) material library update along with v5 RC3. Few more updates will be coming in v6, with much more planned further down the road. Don't worry about this being a dead project, it's quite the opposite :)

[Tanakov]

FYI, we've just released a small(ish) material library update along with v5 RC3. Few more updates will be coming in v6, with much more planned further down the road. Don't worry about this being a dead project, it's quite the opposite :)

Thank you, sounds great. Looking forward to more news

[Tanakov]

I know this is not a priority, but when can we expect any kind of updates of Material Library soon?
Are there ever going to be an option to add assets? Is there any change It could be more responsive and not "lag" as much?

Since it was created in 2017, we never had any kind of update of the library plugin only a few assets were added.

[maru]

I know this is not a priority, but when can we expect any kind of updates of Material Library soon?
Are there ever going to be an option to add assets? Is there any change It could be more responsive and not "lag" as much?

Since it was created in 2017, we never had any kind of update of the library plugin only a few assets were added.

If all goes well, a content update will be released soon. We cannot promise anything, though.
Adding custom assets, better performance, and some other user-reported feedback - we are aware of those things, and we have them in our internal panning tools. All of that will be addressed.