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Hardware / Hardware upgrade to make Corona faster.. What should I get?

« on: 2014-11-09, 15:39:53 »

My current rig is..
Intel core i7-4770K
16 GB RAM
GTX 650

So if I need to get faster performance, should I upgrade my Processor, or the RAM or both? and how much is the contribution of the RAM in the rendering process with Corona?

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[Max] I need help! / Curtain Material causing slow noisy render

« on: 2014-11-05, 21:53:11 »

Hi guys,
I'm having an issue with the curtain material, that is slowing rendering and making it more noisy, here are the renders with and without curtains, and the curtain materials settings. render settings are default, lighting is only Peter Guthrie's HDRI.
Please tell me if that is normal, and if it's not what am I doing wrong?! and what is the best way to achieve a good looking+fast rendering curtain, and how if I want to exclude the curtain from HDRI?!
Thanks

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[Max] I need help! / Don't know how to use CoronaCamMod !!

« on: 2014-11-04, 07:26:56 »

Hello,
I'm already working and producing finished work with Corona. but till that moment I don't know how to use CoronaCamMod, I don't know how it's activated or what is it doing?!.. it seems to me that it doesn't change anything not in the viewport nor in render. Any help?!

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[Max] Resolved Feature Requests / Corona LightMixer

« on: 2014-10-30, 10:18:37 »

Hello guys,
Sometime ago, I was experimenting with other unbiased renderers, I worked with "Maxwell Renderer", The only thing that stunned me about Maxwell was the "MultiLight" feature.
That feature which let you control each light separately, while rendering, to see changes in real-time, you can turn the lights on/off, solo the light to see its effect solely, increase or decrease its intensity.. I suggest adding a "Change color/temp" option too. It's a very powerful and useful tool, once you get used to it, you can't live without it.
I'm not a developer nor a programmer and I'm not into anything like this, I'm just a normal user presenting the idea. I think we can call it "Corona LightMixer" feature, I made a concept for it using "Photoshop" to see what it can look like.
I hope you guys take this seriously in consideration and start working on it.
Thanks

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Gallery / Living/Dining Room Shot

« on: 2014-10-30, 08:10:13 »

Hello guys,
Well, this is my first post in the Gallery, I hope you like it, any C&C or tips are welcome.
I wanted to do a quick interior that contains different materials (made from scratch), imported models (converted materials),  good lighting (good looking mood) and good position for the camera.
Anyway, I stumbled upon one of my favorite artists on Behance, Artem Trigubchak and KOLART studio, project "Odessa Apartment "#2"", the last shot influenced me to experiment re-creating it in Corona, I thought it would be perfect. Project's Link: https://www.behance.net/gallery/15380833/Odessa-Apartment-2
So here it is.. 14:15:00 Hrs of rendering 300 passes on the office's old-buddy ( 2 processors XEON X5482 3.2Ghz/ 8GB RAM/ Quadro FX 5600 1.5GB) - 3dsmax 2014 x64+Corona A7.1+ Default Render Settings except for the HD Cache Precomp Density=3.0 instead of 1.0.