Chaos Corona Forum

Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] Feature Requests => Topic started by: moleytron on 2021-01-17, 13:34:21

Title: Render-Independent Background Plate
Post by: moleytron on 2021-01-17, 13:34:21

Apologies if this is a duplicate.

In my VFX if often need to match a render to a background plate. Currently changing, exposure, depth of field, tonemapping etc effects the background plate, which makes matching difficult.
It would really improve my workflow to able to have a background plate that is completely unaffected by Corona and is therefore useful as a matching reference.

Title: Re: Render-Independent Background Plate
Post by: romullus on 2021-01-17, 14:42:03

You can exclude background from being affected by exposure and tonemapping with Corona tonemap control map. There's no solution for depth of field though.

Title: Re: Render-Independent Background Plate
Post by: moleytron on 2021-01-17, 15:36:08

Ooh Interesting! I'll check that out. Exposure is the big hurdle for me. Thanks for the heads up!

Title: Re: Render-Independent Background Plate
Post by: moleytron on 2021-01-17, 15:44:14

Great! Works as Romullus describes, which is very helpful for my workflow.

This feature could definitely be fleshed out with DOF and really just a completely independent plate seems like a feature with lots of practical applications - particularly in VFX.

Thanks