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Chaos Corona for Cinema 4D => [C4D] General Discussion => Topic started by: Konichowaa on 2018-08-05, 13:18:47
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Hi, is it possible to turn on/off displacement for all materials in the corona render settings?
thanks,
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You can select all your materials and then uncheck displacement. It's not a Corona thing though ;)
(https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=21336.0;attach=88953;image)
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Thank you for quick response,
For my current project, I have 770 materials, some having displacement, many not..
therefore I was more thinking like something like this:
a general option in the rendering parameters, vray-style, would be nice...
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VRay & Corona have different philosophies. One's is feature richness & maneuverability while other's is fast turnaround & simplicity (ease of use).
Same from my PoV.
I oppose this extra option in settings, since it can fairly easy cause confusion & frustration with new users - if accidentally is turned off or never activated in the first place. For unaware beginner it could take minutes or hours to solve (mainly because of time to search, communicate, get feedback).
Second, IMHO, self discipline - better organization of the scene goes a long way and is strongly advised, to at least adapt faster to client's feedback (corrections & changes).
i.e. Use Layer system to organize Materials:
1 - Standard
2 - Displaced (Select all materials on this Layer, then deactivate Displacement on all. Done in one go!)
PS. Even, if you're not organized, selecting & deactivating Displacement (as proposed by beanz) will have no influence on materials not using it. Also, takes artists almost same amount of time to do either - deactivate in settings or on all materials.
PPS
Next thing will be caustics, hair, reflections... instead of learning, using passes, post-pro ;)
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In my oppinion, switching off all displacements in a scene should be done with only onle button/click - as proposed by Konichowaa.
In the performance-settings there is this button for Displacement/creen size... which cannot be switched off. A pitty...
The workaround in the material manager is qite annoying and reqires that you have all displaced materials on one / or separat layers.
A general switch would be great !
I sometimes want to compare the render speed of a scene with and without displacement. Preferably with one click... :)
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Has this been implemented yet? Would be a huge time saver.