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Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] Feature Requests => Topic started by: petrorosengren on 2020-11-05, 11:07:24

Title: Camera Bracketing Render Element
Post by: petrorosengren on 2020-11-05, 11:07:24: Maybe it would be useful with a render element where you can preselect two camera settings up and down in exposure?
Title: Re: Camera Bracketing Render Element
Post by: jms.lwly on 2020-11-05, 12:00:02: This could be achieved with a new setting in the 'Beauty Element' render pass similar to the 'Apply Bloom + Glare' checkboxes... see attached suggestion? Likewise this could offer a function to output additional Beauty Passes with alternative LightMix arrangements?

Could be a good route to multiple output options without having to manually edit, or redo in CIE?
Title: Re: Camera Bracketing Render Element
Post by: petrorosengren on 2020-11-05, 14:43:37: Aha nice have not seen that one, Im slow on the updates :)

I guess its somewhat the same technique!
Title: Re: Camera Bracketing Render Element
Post by: jms.lwly on 2020-11-05, 15:53:36: Quote from: petrorosengren on 2020-11-05, 14:43:37
Aha nice have not seen that one, Im slow on the updates :)

I guess its somewhat the same technique!

It doesn't actually have this option - this is my suggestion of how it could be possible (Beauty Element with Bloom + Glare on or off is available currently - but I can't imagine adding a version with Tonemapping and Lightmix configuration files would be super different for the developers?)
Title: Re: Camera Bracketing Render Element
Post by: Jarnold on 2020-11-06, 00:38:30: Quote from: petrorosengren on 2020-11-05, 11:07:24
Maybe it would be useful with a render element where you can preselect two camera settings up and down in exposure?

Isn't this easily achievable by just rendering out an EXR or other 16/32bit image format and then controlling the exposure in post?
Title: Re: Camera Bracketing Render Element
Post by: petrorosengren on 2020-11-06, 15:41:21: It could be done that way. It depends on the workflow where some (me) work in 16 I think it sometimes is not enough for overexposure.
Title: Re: Camera Bracketing Render Element
Post by: romullus on 2020-11-06, 16:22:55: You can save additional CXR, load it in Corona Image Editor and make as many exposure brackets as you want.