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[Max] I need help! / Re: Corona Slicer

« on: 2025-05-28, 10:29:26 »

It's a critical feature to have for anyone doing swimming pool sims that want to do them efficiently :)

Especially when we're basically forced to pay for Phoenix now, it would be good if the tools in the host software enabled us to do what the Phoenix tutorials tell us to do.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Corona Slicer

« on: 2025-05-27, 17:11:55 »

Did this functionality ever get added?  I'm a bit out of the loop as I've not worked on a similar project since.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Dull sky

« on: 2025-05-25, 20:22:39 »

You can plug Corona sky through colour correct and to the direct visibility override, then colour correct it to your heart's content.

But now your clouds are pink :)  Known issue, unless it's been fixed and i've missed the update https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=41911.0

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Gallery / Re: SILVERWOOD KITCHEN INTERIOR

« on: 2025-05-20, 23:43:40 »

Personally I'd lose the woman, she (and the red) is a huge distraction and her scale feels off

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: ForestPack Masking

« on: 2025-04-15, 22:11:17 »

Am I missing something here?  What's wrong with selecting the Forest Object > Right Click > Select Forest Custom Object

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Setting up DR after a fresh windows install on master and nodes

« on: 2025-04-15, 18:39:05 »

Figured it out if anyone else struggles.

On both nodes the network connection was set to Public rather than Private.

So why was I able to connect to one of the nodes but not the other.

When first launching DR Server you get a popup similar to the attached.

On the node that the master did find, I'd ticked both boxes, so even though the network was set to Public it was still able to connect.

On the node that the master couldn't find.  I'd only ticked 'Private' and as the network on that node was set to Public, it wouldn't work.

Making sure everything was set to Private on nodes and master solved the problem.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Setting up DR after a fresh windows install on master and nodes

« on: 2025-04-15, 18:26:00 »

It's a firewall issue.  Turning firewall off and everything connected instantly.  The problem node is much older than the rest.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Setting up DR after a fresh windows install on master and nodes

« on: 2025-04-15, 18:22:58 »

I sure do.  As I say.  Everything was working fine until I reinstalled Windows on all machines this week.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Setting up DR after a fresh windows install on master and nodes

« on: 2025-04-15, 18:12:22 »

Thanks Maru I'll test it out.  Very simple setup, all connected to the same network switch sat next to each other in the office.  In terms of setup, nothing has changed since before the clean install and it was working previously.  I just can't remember how I set it all up when it was first done years ago

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Setting up DR after a fresh windows install on master and nodes

« on: 2025-04-15, 18:03:04 »

Yep I probably should have stated I've already tried.  The master is only picking up 1 of 2 nodes.  No idea why, exactly the same install process on both, exactly the same methods of trying to connect etc etc.

So up next is the trouble shooting.  So does the firewall stuff need to be done on both master and nodes as the article doesn't say

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[Max] I need help! / Setting up DR after a fresh windows install on master and nodes

« on: 2025-04-15, 16:43:31 »

So I've just finished a clean install of windows across my pc's.  I'm now setting up DR again so it works seamlessly but have a couple of questions.

I've found some articles that detail the setup but I'm wondering how up to date they are - for example, do we still need to install Backburner as per this article https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528608387217-How-to-use-Distributed-Rendering-in-Corona-for-3ds-Max

I can only find this version of Backburner https://apps.autodesk.com/3DSMAX/en/Detail/Index?id=3481100546473279788&appLang=en&os=Win64 but it doesn't say it's compatible with 2025 which is what I've just installed.  I was on 2024 before the reinstall.  The article states Backburner versions need to match Max versions ....

Also in this article https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528128298257-Creating-custom-inbound-and-outbound-rules-for-the-DR-Server-application is everything still relevant and do we need to do all of this on the master and the slaves?

Of if there's a clearer more up to date guide somewhere please point me in the right direction.

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Off-Topic / Network Drives

« on: 2025-04-11, 16:36:31 »

All of my Projects and Assets are stored on my NAS,  I'm just rebuilding my PC's at the minute and wondered if there's much difference between these two options with regards to DR?  Should either be avoided?  Are either faster with regards to saving/reading/writing/loading etc?  Or does it literally make no difference?

I'm not technical but the way i understand it, one maps to a drive letter, the other doesn't.

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Gallery / Re: Nature Living

« on: 2025-04-02, 15:18:31 »

Hey, final Resolution is 5000px. Just the Standard Stable Diffusion nothing special:)

So you rendered at 5000px or was that after an upscale?

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Gallery / Re: Nature Living

« on: 2025-04-02, 14:10:44 »

I know they often use 'Magnific' for that. But I achieved the same results with the Stable Diffusion inpaint model 'Realistic Vision'!
AI doesn’t necessarily make your image better—it should already be good beforehand.
Things like color composition also play a big role. AI just adds the final touch.

You can try Magnific—it definitely saves time, but it's very expensive!
That’s why it’s better to use Stable Diffusion with inpainting—just improve small 768x768 areas where needed, like plants or grass.
I’m not a Stable Diffusion expert either—there might be even more efficient approaches.

Out of interest, what resolution was the final render.  Also when using SD are you using the WebUI or a plugin directly inside of Photoshop?  Do you use any Control Nets or IPAdapters or Loras, or is this simply using a checkpoint and prompts?

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Clean blue normal sky

« on: 2025-03-31, 12:26:52 »

I personally just override the directly visible environment with a separate corona sky inside a corona colour correct and reduce the exposure by a couple of stops.  Can't use clouds with this method though or they go pink