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[Max] I need help! / Re: mapping help
« Last post by Erich on Today at 19:12:14 »No worries man, i didn't take your message as critique. I realize that my previous message probably sounded too defensive, but that wasn't my intention at all. I just wanted to explain reasons behind my setup and make it clear that my way of doing it is not the only correct method. If your method works for you better, then it means it si correct for you, but it never hurts to learn alternative workflows and have them in mind for situations where you might struggle with your usual setup.
Hi Romullus. I don't know that I have found a technique that I could call "my own", or that I can say comfortably "works for me", as I am still learning. But thanks. :)
Regarding tutorials, i don't think that Corona struggles in that regard, there are tons and tons of learning material out there, you just need to be able to distinguish more serious stuff from usual fluff. Most of what's been discussed in this topic has little to do with Corona anyway, but is more broad knowledge of 3ds Max and 3D in general. Learning material about this is widely available in all shapes and forms. Albeit it's not necessary directly connected with Corona, but it shouldn't be hard to translate the concepts between different renderers.
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In my opinion, many of the issues I have faced, both in regards to this issue and others, has been in figuring out how and when to use the various specific maps that Corona offers in a way that will give me the final results I am looking for in my product renders. I have looked far and wide for tutorials that explain using Corona render for this purpose and have yet to come up with many at all. Almost all of the Corona render tutorials I have seen are to do with Archvis. There are some basic tutorials that try to explain some of the individual materials, nodes, etc., but with no real application for product rendering. If you know of some that you can recommend, I would be very appreciative if you could let me know.
As for the manual, it does try to explain the technical details, but I have found that the explanations are more technical in nature and many of the examples provided are directed to those in Archvis. There are very few examples, if any, on how to use Corona for product rendering. But I know Corona was never really intended for that use case, even though I am sure there are people using it for product rendering.
Thanks again for all your help. It is very much appreciated. :)