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Hardware / Re: GPU - 3ds max

« on: 2025-03-06, 21:53:53 »

Ive used Quadro cards in the past, depends on your needs.

From memory they work a little bit differently, for example when working in wireframe mode Quadro were faster, when working in textured mode they were much slower. I think they are designed for CAD software, not sure but that's my hunch.

Personally I prefer these days to stick to commercial GPU cards, but that's just my niche. I do 3D offline rendering and real-time, so I want the best of both worlds, which means 3070RTX+ cards at this point in time. If I was to pick something right now it would be a 4080+ (super, ti, or super + ti or equivalent). If you have time maybe wait for the 5xxx series to work out the issues and release the super or ti cards. If not try to find a 4xxx series card - if viewport performance is your only concern. As I mentioned, it wont be much different even from a 3xxx card but its probably better overall for everything else you do.

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Hardware / Re: GPU - 3ds max

« on: 2025-03-06, 20:53:03 »

In my experience it doesn't really matter much in regards to the viewport, my 1060GTX is on par with my 3080RTX. Probably some 3dsmax bottleneck. (both Laptop variations by the way)

If you are doing other things that are GPU heavy, then get the card that suits your needs, a 4070/4080 should be enough (equivalent or better). I hear the 5xxx series isn't a huge leap in raw performance if you are not gaming with frame generation but still 2x better than the 3xxx series basically. If you work in Unreal Engine, more vram is better for example, not sure how that much helps 3dsmax viewport though since my card has 16gb and runs like dog poo.

Cant help you with AMD since I just don't use them, I need CUDA for lots of things so I don't even consider it.

Not sure if you follow the tech news but lots of the 5xxx series cards are melting and have really high power/watt usage, I am personally skipping this generation but maybe Nvidia will address this soon.

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Issue with File Linking in Cinema 4D & Corona Renderer (Remote Team Workflow)

« on: 2025-02-06, 15:10:58 »

Most studios I worked in use uncommon drive letters, so everyone would map Google Drive to X:\

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[Max] I need help! / Re: CoronaColor - maxscript

« on: 2025-01-30, 16:29:30 »

Here is what I got so far:

First the value is converted to sRGB, then it is clamped, and then gamma 2.2 is applied.

If it's not enough, please let me know and I will try to dig deeper.

Thanks maru! I'll take another look when I get some time.

Just curious as to what youre doing with these values James. Something script related?

Yes this is one of the components missing for the Corona to GLB script. Basically if you are using colors instead of textures it will put the color into the correct locations (including corona/vray color nodes).

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Neural rendering - Nvidia RTX

« on: 2025-01-23, 18:56:38 »

I would love to see some AI integration similar to how tydiffusion works in 3dsmax as an vfb operator, this would be awesome in cases where you can flag certain geometry like people or plants or whatever and have it built straight into the render. Keeping on topic Im sure this would be utilised well with the GPU. I tested tydiffusion for half a day it was pretty amazing

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General CG Discussion / Re: Vehicle rig

« on: 2025-01-21, 19:35:42 »

The last time I did something like this was 8 years ago, I remember something along the lines of having a normalised spline, reset xform, then controlling the speed through the curves of the road with the plugin so that everything else is 'linear'. Less variables meant the plugin could do its job properly. The job didnt require detail down to the caliper level but I remember doing quite a few tests to get to that point.

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General CG Discussion / Re: Vehicle rig

« on: 2025-01-21, 19:13:21 »

I've had to rebuild splines a few times till I get a smooth animation, no sensible reason why either. It just decided to work or it doesn't.

Out of curiosity, did you normalise the spline?

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General CG Discussion / Re: Render at lower resolution & then upscale using AI

« on: 2025-01-20, 16:39:52 »

I used topaz in the past, was actually pretty impressive.

https://www.topazlabs.com/gigapixel

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[Max] Corona Goodies - User Contributions / Re: Corona to GLB

« on: 2025-01-07, 16:45:05 »

You dont need to learn blender, you can just click file>import and then click the UV tab at the top, would be a fast way to just rule it out.

I have exported glb's that use color instead of texture that work just fine but probably not in the same use case as you. The video in my first post on this thread you see me do it with glass and metal objects.

If you want just upload your 2 test glb's I can take a look.

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[Max] Corona Goodies - User Contributions / Re: Corona to GLB

« on: 2025-01-07, 16:02:56 »

Did you try import into blender and check the uv's. I see in your second image no id's for texture (since there are none).

Also, what happens when you assign a default gltf material and export (with no textures)?

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[Max] Corona Goodies - User Contributions / Re: Corona to GLB

« on: 2025-01-07, 12:53:42 »

I think the uv mapping is being lost in the export. Is this possible?

I dont think so, difficult to tell without seeing the process myself however you can double check the uv's by importing the glb into blender.

What I assume is happening is something along the lines of - without textures the id's are blank. One of the requirements for glb files is basecolor,metal,ao,normal,rough textures (or ORM packed textures). So I assume if those are missing that channel will become 'blank' (instead of unassigned). Just a theory without seeing your workflow or how your js environment imports the data.

Attached an example of missing base color on a glb (when checked in windows 3d viewer)

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General CG Discussion / Re: Viewing/editing HDRI files

« on: 2024-12-19, 12:07:47 »

Yep. We used it at my last studio for exr/hdr files. I havent used it since but I did like it.

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General CG Discussion / Re: Viewing/editing HDRI files

« on: 2024-12-19, 11:57:25 »

Have you tried chaos player?

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General CG Discussion / Re: Viewing/editing HDRI files

« on: 2024-12-19, 10:07:40 »

Ah you want to adjust the exposure on the fly?

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General CG Discussion / Re: Viewing/editing HDRI files

« on: 2024-12-18, 18:55:30 »

For viewing all images I use imageglass. Opensource, great color picker and image viewer all round.

I dont edit hdri cant offer anything there. I still use photoshop/natron for high bit files, natron more for photoshop automation (similar to nuke but free).