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News / Corona 10 (Hotfix 1) released for Cinema 4D and 3ds Max

« on: 2023-07-25, 13:51:11 »

This hotfix addresses some specific issues, and all Corona 10 users, for both 3ds Max and Cinema 4D, are recommended to download it.
Download now: https://corona-renderer.com/download

The issues are:

Fixed issue where using "Camera physical size" with UHD/4K cache led to freeze.
Fixed issue where using "Camera physical size" sometimes broke object picking from VFB.
Fixed issue where CIE crashes after deleting Curves tone mapping operator with an opened editor.
Fixed issue where creating a region during pre-rendering phases led to a crash.
Added legacy checkbox (in Developmental/Experimental Stuff settings) to return to the pre Version 10 filtering of environment maps. This is on by default for legacy scenes.
(3ds Max) Fixed issue where Cosmos freezes 3ds Max if closed too quickly after start.
(3ds Max)Fixed issue where setting a Camera Physical Size in a Corona 10 scene caused opening a pre-Corona 10 scene later in the same session to inherit the Camera Physical Size setting rather than have it set to 0 (as there was no such parameter before Corona 10).
(Cinema 4D) Fixed problem with Corona light and Corona proxy object not rendering in normal render when instanced using multi-instances as part of hidden instanced group
(Cinema 4D) Fixed problem with tone mapping panel in Corona VFB having different background color than the rest of VFB on some macOS systems

We also updated the images in the Corona installer, our thanks to the artists for giving us permission to use their images and we hope you enjoy their work!

There are no other changes.

News / Chaos Corona 10 (Release Candidate 3) is out now for Cinema 4D!

« on: 2023-06-19, 17:35:33 »

Chaos Corona 10 (Release Candidate 3) is out now for Cinema 4D!
Everyone with an active license has access, and the downloads are in the usual locations.

Downloads and Change logs:
Cinema 4D

A Release Candidate is close to being the final release, but we need your feedback to catch any remaining bugs or other issues from real world testing. This is expected to be the final major RC before release, meaning this is the last opportunity to test and give feedback.

Here are some of the major features in Corona 10:

Easily add cracks, dirt, stickers, etching, embossing, and more thanks to individual control over the material channels (Diffuse, Displacement, Metalness, etc.) affected by a Corona Decal.
Fly cameras through smoke and clouds, or have them half-submerged in water with accurate rendering from Cameras inside volumetric materials such as those from Phoenix simulations.
Brighter, more accurate Caustics when rendering to large resolutions.
Greatly improved highlight blurring when using Depth of Field.
Easily find and adjust scatters, lights, proxies, displacement, and cameras using the new Listers.
Scatter onto scatters
Support for motion blur with animated deformations

Please test as much as possible and report your findings to us, so that we can make Corona 10 ready for release as quickly as we can! You can tell us about any issues by following the links below:

Cinema 4D
Start a new thread at https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=36

News / Corona 10 webinar, registrations open!

« on: 2023-06-16, 17:43:56 »

We're getting close to the release, and that means we have a date set for our webinar to introduce you to Corona 10 after the release. Mark your calendars, and sign up via the page at https://corona-renderer.com/webinar-chaos-corona-10 - I'm looking forward to seeing you all there!

News / Chaos Corona 10 (Release Candidate 3) is out now for 3ds Max!

« on: 2023-06-12, 17:12:24 »

Chaos Corona 10 (Release Candidate 3) is out now for 3ds Max!
Everyone with an active license has access, and the downloads are in the usual locations. (RCs for Cinema 4D are announced separately when ready)

Downloads and Change logs:
3ds Max

A Release Candidate is close to being the final release, but we need your feedback to catch any remaining bugs or other issues from real world testing. This is expected to be the final major RC before release, meaning this is the last opportunity to test and give feedback.

Here are some of the major features in Corona 10:

Easily add cracks, dirt, stickers, etching, embossing, and more thanks to individual control over the material channels (Diffuse, Displacement, Metalness, etc.) affected by a Corona Decal.
Fly cameras through smoke and clouds, or have them half-submerged in water with accurate rendering from Cameras inside volumetric materials such as those from Phoenix simulations.
Brighter, more accurate Caustics when rendering to large resolutions.
Greatly improved highlight blurring when using Depth of Field.
Easily find and adjust scatters, lights, proxies, displacement, and cameras using the new Listers.
Apply the same Triplanar, Color Correction, or Mapping Randomizer to multiple maps at once with new multi input and output options. No longer will you have to edit multiple nodes or spend time setting up control nodes to keep different maps in sync.

Please test as much as possible and report your findings to us, so that we can make Corona 10 ready for release as quickly as we can! You can tell us about any issues by following the links below:

3ds Max
Start a new thread at https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=2

News / Chaos Corona 10 (Release Candidate 1) is out now for Cinema 4D!

« on: 2023-06-07, 17:43:43 »

Chaos Corona 10 (Release Candidate 1) is out now for Cinema 4D!
Everyone with an active license has access, and the downloads are in the usual locations.

Downloads and Change logs:
Cinema 4D

A Release Candidate is close to being the final release, but we need your feedback to catch any remaining bugs or other issues from real world testing.
Here are some of the major features in Corona 10:

Easily add cracks, dirt, stickers, etching, embossing, and more thanks to individual control over the material channels (Diffuse, Displacement, Metalness, etc.) affected by a Corona Decal.
Fly cameras through smoke and clouds, or have them half-submerged in water with accurate rendering from Cameras inside volumetric materials.
Brighter, more accurate Caustics when rendering to large resolutions.
Greatly improved highlight blurring when using Depth of Field.
Easily find and adjust lights, proxies, and cameras using the new Listers (Scatter to follow in RC2).
Scatter on top of Scattered objects
Support for motion blur with animated deformations
And more!

Please test as much as possible and report your findings to us, so that we can make Corona 10 ready for release as quickly as we can! You can tell us about any issues by following the links below:

Cinema 4D
Start a new thread at https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=36

News / Chaos Corona 10 (Release Candidate 1) is out now for 3ds Max!

« on: 2023-05-26, 16:20:33 »

Chaos Corona 10 (Release Candidate 1) is out now for 3ds Max!
Everyone with an active license has access, and the downloads are in the usual locations. (RC 1 for Cinema 4D will be announced separately when ready)

Downloads and Change logs:
3ds Max

A Release Candidate is close to being the final release, but we need your feedback to catch any remaining bugs or other issues from real world testing.
Here are some of the major features in Corona 10:

Easily add cracks, dirt, stickers, etching, embossing, and more thanks to individual control over the material channels (Diffuse, Displacement, Metalness, etc.) affected by a Corona Decal.
Fly cameras through smoke and clouds, or have them half-submerged in water with accurate rendering from Cameras inside volumetric materials such as those from Phoenix simulations.
Brighter, more accurate Caustics when rendering to large resolutions.
Greatly improved highlight blurring when using Depth of Field.
Easily find and adjust scatters, lights, proxies, displacement, and cameras using the new Listers.
Apply the same Triplanar, Color Correction, or Mapping Randomizer to multiple maps at once with new multi input and output options. No longer will you have to edit multiple nodes or spend time setting up control nodes to keep different maps in sync.

Please test as much as possible and report your findings to us, so that we can make Corona 10 ready for release as quickly as we can! You can tell us about any issues by following the links below:

3ds Max
Start a new thread at https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=2

News / Chaos Corona 9 for 3ds Max (Hotfix 2) released

« on: 2023-05-02, 13:39:07 »

All Corona for 3ds Max users are recommended to download this hotfix.
Download now: https://corona-renderer.com/download

The hotfix includes:

Compatibility with 3ds Max 2024
New Cosmos installer
New EULA

There are no other changes.
Note: For the Color Management options in 3ds Max 2024, be sure to use Gamma Workflow as the selection, with Display Gamma set to 2.2.

News / Merry Christmas, Coronauts! (And office hours over the holiday season)

« on: 2022-12-22, 16:07:18 »

We'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a fantastic New Year! This beautiful banner showcases https://www.instagram.com/rebeldigital.uk/ who are the winners of our #cozychristmas3d contest. Our congratulations to them on their win!

Just one more thing to take care of - please note that our offices are currently closed until Jan 2nd, so support may be limited during this time.

News / Chaos Corona 9 for Cinema 4D (Hotfix 1) released

« on: 2022-12-01, 18:05:56 »

This hotfix addresses some specific issues, and all Corona for Cinema 4D users are recommended to download it.
Download now: https://corona-renderer.com/download

The issues are:

Added 55 materials in material library that were missing in comparison to material library in 3ds Max (Glass, Nature and Plastic categories)
Fixed crash on macOS when opening color picker from Corona VFB when Redshift is installed
Fixed problem with installer sometimes showing error on macOS even when everything installs correctly
Fixed IR crashes occurring in some specific cases (usually either complex scenes or some specific combinations with e.g. Xpresso usage)
Fixed problem with Corona Lights still showing in viewport even when viewport visibility was off or whole light was disabled
Fixed problem with IR not correctly updating when changing materials in Include/Exclude list in material overrides
Fixed missing UI button icons in Scanned material UI in older versions of Cinema 4D
Scanned material no longer shows requirement for V-Ray in its description in UI
Fixed problem with tone mapping from camera not being applied when rendering via Team Render Server

There are no other changes

News / Chaos Corona 9 for 3ds Max (Hotfix 1) released

« on: 2022-11-28, 16:27:03 »

This hotfix addresses some specific issues, and all Corona for 3ds Max users are recommended to download it.

Download now: https://corona-renderer.com/download

The issues are:

Fixed: Tonemapping pipeline is sometimes reset to default on loading certain scenes
Fixed issue where IR did not immediately react to changes in CoronaScannedMtl
Chaos Phoenix - Fixed getting diffuse color from Foam node for newer Phoenix versions (Phoenix 5 nightlies)
Fixed failing installation of Scatter for earliest 3ds Max version when upgrading from Corona 8 to Corona 9.

There are no other changes.

News / Chaos Corona 9 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D released!

« on: 2022-10-17, 19:20:56 »

Chaos Corona 9 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D released!

Procedural Clouds, Corona Pattern, Edge Trimming for Chaos Scatter, Depth of Field for Fisheye Lenses, Out-of-Core Textures to save memory, Shutter Curves for motion blur… and more!

Full details and download: https://blog.corona-renderer.com/chaos-corona-9-released/

Procedural Clouds – Add detail to your Corona Sky, with animatable procedural clouds and airplane trails. You may never need an HDRI again.
Corona Pattern – Tile geometry across a surface as easily as you’d tile a texture, for more realism while using less memory than a texture-based approach. Sample geometry to use with Pattern can be downloaded here.
Edge Trimming in Chaos Scatter – a much requested feature to let you keep the edges of your Scatters neat and tidy.
Out-of-Core textures – Let Corona automatically optimize the memory used for textures by enabling this optional feature.
Shutter Curve for motion blur – Control the speed of the opening and closing of the shutter to control the look of your motion blur. Sample curves can be downloaded here.
Depth of Field for Fisheye Cameras – An artistic effect not seen with real-world fisheye lenses.
Chaos Scans – Simply download and apply a Scanned Material to get the ultimate in realism. Compatibility added, and your Premium subscription includes a Scans license.
Chaos Phoenix – Corona has supported Phoenix for some years, but only a few users had it added to their toolset due to the significant extra cost. Now the perfect tool for making fire, smoke, water, and more is included in your Premium subscription.
Chaos Player – An easy way to turn your image sequences into a video format. Now you won’t have to use a complex video editor that is overkill for your everyday needs. Included in the Premium subscription.
And more!

For this release, everyone gets a full 30-day trial period, even if you have used a trial before, to give you time to try out all the new features.
Remember, you can read about this release in detail over at https://blog.corona-renderer.com/chaos-corona-9-released/

News / Chaos Corona 9 (Release Candidate 1) is out now, for both 3ds Max and Cinema 4D!

« on: 2022-10-03, 14:16:20 »

Chaos Corona 9 (Release Candidate 1) is out now, for both 3ds Max and Cinema 4D!
Everyone with an active license has access, and the downloads are in the usual locations.

Downloads and Change logs:
3ds Max
Cinema 4D

A Release Candidate is close to being the final release, but we need your feedback to catch any remaining bugs or other issues from real world testing.
Here are the major features in Corona 9:

Procedural Clouds - easily add clouds and airplane contrails to your procedural Corona sky. Unlike HDRIs, these are easily edited to match your scene, respond to the angle of the sun, and can be animated!
Corona Pattern - tile geometry as easily as you would tile a texture, giving you better results than alpha and bump maps, and using less memory too!
Edge Trimming in Chaos Scatter - get those lawns under control with neat edges!
Reduce memory required by Corona Bitmaps by up to 30%, with out-of-coretextures
Shutter Curves for Motion Blur so you can realistically or creatively control the blurring
Compatibility with Chaos Scans materials
And much more!

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Please test as much as possible and report your findings to us, so that we can make Corona 9 ready for release as quickly as we can! You can tell us about any issues by following the links below:

3ds Max
Start a new thread at https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=2

Cinema 4D
Start a new thread at https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=36

News / Chaos Corona 8 for 3ds Max (Hotfix 2) released

« on: 2022-06-30, 13:37:49 »

This hotfix addresses two specific issues, all Corona for 3ds Max users are recommended to download it.

Download now: https://corona-renderer.com/download

The issues are:
- a fix for a crash if the render engine was swapped to Corona when not logged in to the Chaos License Server
- a fix for an issue where a black environment combined with non-black environment overrides could lead to NaNs.

There are no other changes.

News / Chaos Corona 8 (Hotfix 1) released, for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D

« on: 2022-06-14, 13:20:21 »

We're pleased to announce the release of Chaos Corona 8 Hotfix 1 for both applications, details are below.
Download now: https://corona-renderer.com/download

Chaos Corona 8 for Cinema 4D (Hotfix 1)
This release brings compatibility with Cinema 4D R26/S26, and the following bug fixes:

Scatter

Fixed problem with Avoid collisions in Chaos Scatter not working with Decals

macOS

Fixed import of some Cosmos materials on macOS
Fixed problem with missing close button in About dialog in S22 on macOS
Fixed crash when using Cosmos on macOS when both Corona and V-Ray are installed
Fixed crash when using search in Cosmos browser on macOS (this was changed on server side)

General Bugfixes

Fixed errors reported in command line version of Cinema 4D when loading Corona
Fixed issues when using ColorPicker in Corona VFB with linear percent value types
Fixed issues (Non-Standard Format error) when loading different types of LUTs
Cosmos materials are now imported with correct scale when using triplanar mapping
Fixed problems with importing Cosmos objects when path to assets download directory contains localized characters
Fixed normal map evaluation on Corona Proxy
Fixed flipped "Offset V" when using Corona bitmap with UVW mapping on Corona decal
Partially fixed problem where switching from viewport camera to Corona camera could reset camera tone mapping pipeline

Chaos Corona 8 for 3ds Max (Hotfix 1)
This release contains the following bug fixes:

Scatter

Fixed issue where using Unpack option of the installer from network drive did not unpack Scatter

Tone mapping

Fixed UI delay issue when using tone mapping in Camera with operator-animated keys
Fixed issue where right-clicking at the numerical value of spinbox led to reset of the value
Fixed issue where resetting opacity of LUT could reset selected LUT file
Fixed issues (Non-Standard Format error) when loading different types of LUTs
Tone mapping pipeline is now created in every scene, without need to interact with it first, allowing users to access it from MAXScript

Cosmos

Updated Cosmos service shipped with Corona installer

General/Bugfixes

Fixed issues when using ColorPicker with linear percent value types
Fixed crash when changing 3ds max 2023 theme
Fixed issue where switching the renderers can crash after loading saved custom defaults
Fixed issue where user can't import models from Cosmos when download folder contains non-ascii characters
Fixed tyFlow crash when the input mesh is empty
Fixed color temperature gamma issues in Color Picker
Fixed issue where clicking on temperature or albedo in Color Picker without changing their values would change the color
Fix of issue with Color picker, when albedo and color temperature were changing even though they did not change
Color Picker, fixed changing of values when clicking on spinbox value boxes
Color Picker, fixed changing of color palette position when clicking into spinbox value boxes
Fixed Corona objects (Light) being broken in some specific scenes where 3dsmax does not provide version information for an unknown reason
Clicking "None" in IES rollout of CoronaLight now correctly opens the corona IES folder
Fixed crash when expanding track view of camera with animated tone mappping override
Fixed, Distance Map doesn't update when rendering a sequence

Other

Added support for Phoenix 5

Download now: https://corona-renderer.com/download

News / CGarchitect.com is now part of the Chaos family

« on: 2022-05-26, 18:05:13 »

CGarchitect.com is now part of the Chaos family. Starting today, all user accounts are free and open to everyone in the archviz community!

Click here to sign up today: https://www.cgarchitect.com/
Read more about the news: https://www.cgarchitect.com/features/articles/c9b01f8a-cgarchitect-joins-the-chaos-family