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Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] I need help! => Topic started by: Njen on 2016-10-17, 09:17:09

Title: Bump issue...
Post by: Njen on 2016-10-17, 09:17:09
Why does the bump not work in the lower example? It seems simple enough: a checker map being used in a CoronaMix as 'mix' between black and white.
Title: Re: Bump issue...
Post by: romullus on 2016-10-17, 09:48:06
Because it's max's "feature". Bump is treated differently than other slots and has tons of limitation. If possible, try to bake your bump maps and then plug them as bitmaps.
Title: Re: Bump issue...
Post by: Njen on 2016-10-17, 09:54:33
Hmmm, I did know of the limitations of Max bump in it's own renderers, though I didn't realise that extended to other renderers too.

Thanks.
Title: Re: Bump issue...
Post by: maru on 2016-10-17, 14:18:26
Yup, try using color correction with a bump map. ;)
Title: Re: Bump issue...
Post by: Juraj on 2016-10-17, 14:39:01
though I didn't realise that extended to other renderers too.

I still don't get this part either :- ) Corona has the best integration within 3dsMax alongside Vray, I guess that comes with its own drawbacks.
Title: Re: Bump issue...
Post by: Christa Noel on 2016-10-18, 11:24:56
maybe, a note "coronamix doesn't support bump" just like in coronaoutput would be useful.
but in https://corona-renderer.com/bugs/view.php?id=303 (https://corona-renderer.com/bugs/view.php?id=303), ondra said limitation was added. but sorry, I don't understand about what "added limited support" is..
Title: Re: Bump issue...
Post by: Ondra on 2016-10-18, 12:24:43
it means the support was added to the basic modes, such as add, subtract, multiply
Title: Re: Bump issue...
Post by: Ludvik Koutny on 2016-10-18, 13:28:25
V-Ray has great texture map for it, called Color2Bump, it basically takes RGB and converts it to bump.

In Corona, it would be great to have simple option in CoronaMTL whether to take bump from bump channel, or convert it from RGB. The second option would be very useful, because color corrections like output map would finally affect bump, and things like mix map would work flawlessly.
Title: Re: Bump issue...
Post by: Christa Noel on 2016-10-19, 04:19:29
it means the support was added to the basic modes, such as add, subtract, multiply
but, now bump still doesn't support coronamix even with the basic modes you mentioned.
I hope don't misunderstood something