1.5 Daily builds changelog

[Ondra]

A hotfix release:

• Distance texture now works with displace modifier
• Fixed vignette falloff parameter at 0.3 and hidden it from UI, so vignette has only one control
• Fixed crash in error window

[Ondra]

• Changed vignette falloff default to 0
• Displaying any submap inside LayeredMtl/RaySwitchMtl  in viewport now works
• Fixed grazing angle reflection artifacts https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,10338.0.html
• Added warning when render stops because a bitmap was modified on HDD
• 3ds max no longer crashes when a bitmap is changed on HDD (hopefully)

[Ondra]

• MixTex does its advanced modes in sRGB space to get 1:1 results with Photoshop
• Added Linear Light mode to MixTex
• Added brightness, contrast, saturation into CoronaOutput texmap
• Fixed: CoronaFp.stopRender() only restarted interactive rendering instead of stopping it https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,12072.0.html
• Fixed: crop/blowup vs. screen-mapped bitmaps on geometry:  https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=12546
• Fixed: crash when using custom mtl editor preview with deleted scene: https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=12287
• Optimized mtl editor refreshing when material preview parameters are changed
• Fixed: Disable mtl editor in interactive not working
• Fixed: mtl editor not refreshed after interactive render with mtl editor off https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,12163.0.html
• Fixed: crash when using UHD cache saving/Loading + multilight. New cache dumps will not be backwards compatible with older Corona builds, but old dumps can be still loaded into newer builds: https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,12869.0.html

[Ondra]

• Added: both normals option to the AO texture https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,7625.0.html
• Removed separate vignette category fro VFB UI
• Added: opacity cutout checkbox for Corona MTL: https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,8821.0.html
• Added reparseInteractive function publishing command
• Added small menu to the docked interactive VFB with stop, restart, copy functionality
• Added same material include/exclude option for RoundedEdges texmap

[Ondra]

• disabled autosave during rendering on DR slaves, when rendering from commadline, or when having 3dsmax locked during render
• Possibly fixed the slow mtl editor bug - if anyone still has the problem, can you try this build and report results?

                           

[Ondra]

• Fixed freeze when using nested forest pack objects with specific viewport display configuration
• Generally speeding up UI when loading scenes and having mtl editor/VFB/render settings open
• Corona VFB render elements combobox now handles home/end keys
• Added dome (half-spherical) mapping mode to Corona bitmap
• Added interactive Light Mixer - give it a try!

[Ondra]

• Fixed assigning to .nodes property of the distance texture
• Added tint to postprocessing tab in VFB
• Fixed color picker not going to 255
• Fixed even numbers input in LightMixer tab
• Fixed crash in texture baking with extremely thin polygons
• Fixed rare NaNs in render elements when using volumetric effects
• Renamed LightMixer to LightMix
• Beauty, alpha, and LightMix elements are now shown in bold italic in elements dropdown
• Added color temperature slider to Corona color pickers
• Added button in system rollout that automatically sets up LightMix with 1 element per 1 light

[Ondra]

• LightMix setup script now groups lights by 3dsmax light groups
• LightMix setup script now warns of there are >25 elements to be made
• LightMix setup script/LightSelect + button now does not pick up lightmtl with emit light off
• Fixed: bloom&glare being sometimes applied to masking/geometry render elements

[Ondra]

• Fixed spinners mouse drag wrapping around when using 2 monitors with different resolution
• Improved denoising for raw and texmap passes - fixed artifacts where diffuse texture would show up as a pattern in the result https://corona-renderer.com/bugs/view.php?id=2084
• Users now can add their own LightMix element(s) (and save its results)
• Added Reset to zero button to lightmix tab
• Fixed refraction + blend/layered mtl https://corona-renderer.com/bugs/view.php?id=1239
• Fixed issues where lightmix might give incorrect results when using unassigned lights and changing number of lightselect passes
• Improved resume from VFB history tab: loads previous render statistics (# of passes, ...), does not clear VFB when pressing the button during rendering (when resuming is not allowed)
• May have fixed the slow material editor issue if it was not already fixed before - could anyone still experiencing the issue try it?
• All “+” pick object buttons switched to new improved behavior - combining “add selected” and “pick from scene” modes
• Fixed file selection dialogs not being modal (which could result in crashes)
• Temperature slider in corona color picker remapped to be more perceptually uniform
• Temperature slider in corona color now uses pure white (255 255 255) for 6500K temperature

[Ondra]

• Improved behavior of the new “+” picker when dependency loops are created
• Stats tab now displays DR passes separately https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,13111
• Added string option for render stamp size: https://corona-renderer.com/bugs/view.php?id=2121
• Modal file save dialogs are now truly modal (fixed potential crashes)
• Fixed layered mtl with refraction still behaving incorrectly sometimes https://corona-renderer.com/bugs/view.php?id=2119
• Setup lightmix button no longer creates duplicate LightMix elements
• Pick (“+”) buttons now correctly handle picking groups
• Fixed sun include/exclude lists in interactive https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,12983.0.html
• added warning when using DR + duplicate camera names
• Added drag&drop support to Corona Color picker
• Improved drawing of frozen Corona Color Picker

[Ondra]

Big update, although experimental - I would not use it for production :D

• Solved glossy BRDF edge darkening
• Corona color picker in 3dsmax now working (experimental) - you can set it in 3dsmax preferences
  
• Added LUT to postprocessing (experimental)
• Duplicate light select warnings now only shown when light mix element is present
• Fixed artifacts in dome CoronaBitmap mapping
• Fixed tab cycling through UI elements in Corona VFB

[Ondra]

• Fixed slow rendering/poor CPU utilization when using adaptivity + small render region
• Added inside color to distance texture
• Fixed loading of old scenes after the ggx edge behavior fix
• Corona Color picker in 3ds max now remembers last open position
• Fixed render elements saving black when using DR https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=13129.new#new
• Corona bitmap uvwAngle renamed to wAngle and changed to float type in maxscript
• Made vignette circular
• Corona render elements are now created with unique names, hopefully minimizing overwrites by error
• Removed support for correct rendering of Alpha v7 materials
• Added support for corona scatter, proxy for distance tex
• New contrast algorithm - works very closely to photoshop, does not make the image brighter or darker in general
• The setup lightmix button now creates element sorted alphabetically
• Mix Tex now has checkbox to do advanced blending operations in sRGB/linear space

LUT:

• better UI,
• Now gives correct result because it is applied after exposure
• Support for 3dl format

Misc UI tweaks

• Distance tex UI: add, remove renamed to +, - to be consistent with rest
• Right-clicking “+” button offers clear list option
• CoronaMtl: cutout checkbox renamed to clip
• Fixed: VFB autosave: open button not freezing when autosave is disabled
• Scatter “Count” parameter changes text to “max count” when density checkbox is on
• Moved vignette into the basic tone mapping group
• Added warning to output texmap that it cannot unmap non-monotonic operators
• Fixed freezing of + button in mtl override when override is disabled
• + button now enters pick mode, if currently selected node cannot be added
• LightMix: Reset to 1.0/0.0 renamed to Reset to Beauty/black

[Ondra]

• Fixed rare crashes when displacement was used
• Fixed bug in distance tex with black textures and inside option https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,11965.msg85311.html#msg85311
• Added bloom/glare on/off checkbox
• Color picker now includes pixel picker from any screen pixel
• Added 8 new modes to Corona Mix Tex
• Added save/load functionality to the lightmix tab
  
• LUTs
  • “Affected by color mapping” in output tex now tries to consider also LUTs (although it is not possible for all LUTs)
  • LUTs are now applied in sRGB color space, giving results compatible with other renderers
  • Fixed loading LUTs made in photoshop
• Smaller UI tweaks
  • UHD cache, autosave  file open dlg remembers last selected file when open again
  • Fixed spinner accepting invalid input: https://corona-renderer.com/bugs/view.php?id=2129
  • UI tooltips are refreshed when different language is selected
  • LightMix tab now has scroll bar

[Ondra]

• Fixed contrast behaving incorrectly in Corona Output texture
• Added save/load buttons into post process tab
• Improved saving defaults behavior - now all parameters are saved
• "+" button now does not highlight nodes already picked into the list
• Node list boxes now allow selecting more than one item at a time, “-” button then can delete all of them at once
• Improved distance tex behavior when near distance is larger than far distance and inside color is on: https://corona-renderer.com/bugs/view.php?id=2148

New Corona installer

• Faster typical installation
• Installs required MSVC redistributables and specific windows updates automatically
• Can be uninstalled from program files
• Uninstaller more reliably cleans up all files, directories, and registry entries
• New pictures

Small UI tweaks

• Lightmix scrollbar shown only when needed
• Improved drawing of Scatter spinners for density and frequency
• Fixed cycling through spinners in corona VFB via tab key
• Setup lightmix button moved to general settings
• Scatter convert to geometry warning is now shown only when converting > 250 instances scatter

[Ondra]

• It is now possible to edit the unassigned lights in lightmix
• LUT is now applied as almost last operator, with white balance being the last one
• Fixed results of Mix Texmap operations to more closely match photoshop
• Contrast can now have negative values
• DOF is now disabled for free views
• Added 4th tab in settings
• Corona Output tex now has LUTs
• Scatter defaults changed: 1000 instances, 5% displayed