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[Max] I need help! / wxWidgets assertion failure
« on: 2020-01-18, 11:48:59 »
Anyone else been getting this? Switching windows in explorer doesn't really help, max seems to be freezing cause the error happened whilst rendering in Iterative mode, so the thing is jammed.

Grts

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Hardware / ASUS SUITE 3 + Threadripper 1950x
« on: 2019-09-21, 20:05:44 »
Hi,

My motherboard ASUS PRIME X399-A comes with an app called Asus Suite, latest version is 3.

There are options in there to regulate Ram, CPU and FAN. They're easy enough to manipulate but I'm have trouble deciphering some of it and wanted to check what options would be best when rendering with Corona specifically since I'm not sure about how it utilizes CPU cores under the hood.

See images attached, is there someone who can help me out? Would these settings also apply to my other threadripper 2990WX?

RAM wise: Can I do something in these settings to speed up parsing times?
CPU wise: Can I do something in these settings to speed up rendering? (besides upping the CPU-Ghz, I'm boosting it to 3.6Ghz)

edit: I put all the options in a pdf attached, best to download and go page to page to see the differences between eachother easier

grts

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Hi;

Is there a way or tool that anyone knows of that allows me to link a certain frame-nr° to a camera to render?

Pulze scene manager allows this, but only for animations, meaning 1+ frames, which is very annoying. Can't use it for single frames

Grts

edit: .net render in Batch rendering UI - solved.

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[Max] I need help! / Node system not using full CPU power
« on: 2019-09-08, 23:53:21 »
Hi I just noticed my Threadripper 2990WX (32core-64threads) is using a low percentage of it's potential, according to the task manager?

Where do I start looking for clues on how to solve this?

Grts

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Hardware / Workstation
« on: 2019-07-19, 09:44:20 »
Hi,

I am toying with the idea of combining 'older' but still very relevant pc components that have become cheap beyond belief but will give me a much better performance of working inside of 3dstudio max.

Mainly because of the CPU speed. Not the count. Remember I want to have a significant increase in 3D Studio Max concerning viewport performance.

This is what I came up with so far:

FX-9590 8* 4.7Ghz // 150€

G.Skill Ares 16 GB DDR3-1866 Kit F3-1866C10D-16GAB // 90€ *4= 270€

MOBO ASRock 970M Pro3 // 70€

GPU ASRock Radeon RX 570 Phantom Gaming X OC 8GBb // 205€ *2= 410€

I would see an increase in signle core performance from my current threadripper 1950x running on 3.6Ghz to 4,7Ghz in the Fx 9590. My other rendernode is running an WX2990 @ 3.2Ghz

I imagine this would help me alot already I imagine? Downside being the memory is maxed out at DDR3 1866Mhz.

So if we are talking 3dstudio max WORKperformance, not rendering, am I right to assume this machine might kick alot more ass then the threadrippers running at lower Mhz but higher CPU counts?

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[Max] Bug Reporting / corona 4 updates - thoughts
« on: 2019-06-12, 12:24:20 »
This is the first time, I had an overwhelming feeling of "wauw" concerning any product update, in regards to performance and UI-response when rendering.

The IR and the standard render engine, combined with the UI-updates, are a breath of fresh air...

Better viewport feedback on environment maps who have corona color corect would be wonderful, espeacialy with HDRI maps, they're overlit for viewport usage 90% of the time and when using a corona color correct on an environment map, it becomes distorted in the viewport + no exposure updates in viewport.


Gonna toy with Caustics now.

Thank you for this update!

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[Max] General Discussion / 3D Studio Max 2020
« on: 2019-03-27, 15:42:54 »
Hi,

I was wondering when you guys will be bringing out a 2020-version?

Also, do you know if autodesk did any improvements to play nice with plugins like corona, forest pack pro, etc, ... ? Cause their list of features is rather short on info, do you guys know anything more?

Grts

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[Max] I need help! / Artifacts
« on: 2019-02-20, 20:55:09 »
Hi;

Has anyone seen artifacts like this in their renders yet? What's the source?

Grts

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[Max] I need help! / Corona volume material
« on: 2019-02-08, 13:05:40 »
Hi;

I'm setting up an HDRI environment, with the aid of "Mist" coming from the Corona Volume Material. I turned the HDRI 360° and made some renders to check.

Getting some anomalies, does anyone recognize this? Globe of light moving across the "lens" when the sun is behind the camera? How can I prevent this from happening?

Grts

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[Max] I need help! / CoronaVolumeMtl + Opacity
« on: 2019-02-01, 08:19:09 »
Hi,

Can someone comfirm that cutout opacity maps (for example leafs) aren't respected within the CoronaVolumeMtl?

The leaf geometry is respected, but not the opacity. Rather annoying if it's true, cause I'd have to use high-res trees with leafs being the geometry.

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[Max] I need help! / Corona image batch processing
« on: 2018-11-19, 15:04:51 »
Hi,

I'm reading the help file, and i'm succesfuly putting out the frames i need. I can't seem to apply the denoise settings though, in the help file it says the following:
- You can manually create or edit the .conf files if you choose, but it is
usually much easier to set the parameters visually using the GUI version of
the Corona Image Editor or the Corona VFB (for example, to add denoising to
a .conf file saved from the VFB, add the following line:
Int denoise.filterType = Full)


Can someone explain to me where I need to put "Int denoise.filterType = Full" in the batch file? I dont see it.

Also, am I understanding correct, that if I apply the post/lightmix changes to one frame, save them out like explained in the help file, this will INCLUDE the denoise settings for the lights as well?

Meaning: If I chose to denoise Light A, B but not C, will this continue to be applied to the other frames with the desnoise settings? It remembers which lights and such?

Grts

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Hardware / render / workstation
« on: 2018-10-06, 11:01:02 »
Hey Guys;

I have a question for rendering animations.

Im checking the expenses for buying render/work stations, with either

2x the AMD threadripper 1950X 16c/32t or

1x the AMD threadripper 2990WX 32c/64t.

See attached.

It's much cheaper to buy one big computer with the 2990WX since I dont need to buy everything else 2x like the motherboard etc

Can someone advise. Is using 1 computer for an animation going to work as good as 2x computers, with double the capacity in CPU cores?


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[Max] General Discussion / corona + autodesk backburner
« on: 2018-08-22, 21:37:14 »
I accidentaly sent alot of renders to the backburner with the render-region still active. It would help if I had the option to turn off region-rendering when in backburner. So out of curiosity; is there ever going to be a connection between corona and backburner to additionaly change settings afterwards or is this opening pandora's box for developers? :P


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Can someone tell me (who is using substance designer) how easy the pipeline is between the substance designer software and max / corona? Im not sure if I should be investing buying these materials on cgtextures. Is this story of creating materials going to stick?

I'm a little paranoid.

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[Max] I need help! / IR on full res
« on: 2018-06-08, 14:00:49 »
Is there a way to have the Interactive Render engine render a 4K image? (I'm experimenting)

Grts

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