Author Topic: How can I render vdb files ?  (Read 2802 times)

2020-05-13, 12:55:25

stereoV

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Hey guys, is corona able to render .vdb files loaded with c4d´s Volumeloader object ? Which material to use ?

2020-05-13, 14:20:18
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No, it's not able to render them sorry - it will need the CoronaVolumeGrid, which will be Corona's own loader for OpenVDB, you can check the tentative roadmap for plans on when that will be included: https://trello.com/b/dgI8vjDb/corona-tentative-road-map-cinema-4d
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2020-05-13, 22:14:21
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stuartwoodapple

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+1 on the need to support OpenVDB rendering in Cinema 4D please!!

2020-05-14, 08:51:07
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stereoV

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ok, thanks guys for your help !

2020-05-14, 09:12:07
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It's sadly been taking off the V6 roadmap into pool of ideas, even though it's a very prominent and "standardish* feature

2020-05-15, 12:49:23
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Hey guys, is corona able to render .vdb files loaded with c4d´s Volumeloader object ? Which material to use ?

Hi, try loading it into a Volume Mesher ;)

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2020-05-15, 12:54:27
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Thanks for the neat workaround! Any downsides to it perhaps?

edit: fixed the amazing spelling in the og sentence.
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2020-05-15, 13:13:26
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Hi Nejc, you're welcome! Downsides I've noticed would be trying to recall all the fine details in the object. So decreasing the voxel can make your scene slow/halt whilst it's computing. To be honest, I haven't done a lot of testing so far so I'm sure there's either more downsides or even better workarounds to come. :)
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2020-05-16, 10:46:57
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Oh cool that works quite fine ! Thx man !

2020-05-16, 16:36:43
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Cool. Makes me wanna render clouds inside living rooms. Not such a new idea ? :)))))))))))