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Chaos Corona for Cinema 4D => [C4D] I need help! => Topic started by: TheDavidWood on 2024-07-08, 11:22:04

Title: Mesh lights in Corona for cinema 4d?
Post by: TheDavidWood on 2024-07-08, 11:22:04

HI there I'm a complete newbie in corona and been asked by a client to use it instead of Redshift. So far everything seems straight forward but I was wondering if there is an equivalent to using geometry as a mesh light source in Corona?

Title: Re: Mesh lights in Corona for cinema 4d?
Post by: Nejc Kilar on 2024-07-08, 12:54:33

Yes indeed, just create a Corona Light material and apply it to the geo. That is all that it takes :) Welcome aboard!

Title: Re: Mesh lights in Corona for cinema 4d?
Post by: TheDavidWood on 2024-07-08, 13:04:09

Hi many thanks for that I thought that would be the case does a light material have the same properties as a light ie can you make it invisible to camera etc?

Title: Re: Mesh lights in Corona for cinema 4d?
Post by: johnnyswedish on 2024-07-08, 13:25:41

Yep. Throw a Corona comp tag and de-select 'seen by camera'. You can also switch off refections etc :-)

Title: Re: Mesh lights in Corona for cinema 4d?
Post by: TheDavidWood on 2024-07-11, 11:23:15

Thanks Johnny much appreciated.