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Title: Corona Tests
Post by: smarties03 on 2014-09-16, 10:19:27
Hi Guys,

Just wanted to share these images here.

Corona is really easy to learn and the light distribution is great. Hats off to the developers of this awesome renderer.
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: smarties03 on 2014-09-22, 06:37:47
Hi Guys,

Here is another test with corona. This time its a modern type apartment.
C&C are always welcome so I can improve my workflow further.
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: agentdark45 on 2014-09-22, 14:28:34
Your last render is incredible! Extremely photo realistic. What's your lighting set-up like?
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: smarties03 on 2014-09-22, 18:57:23
Thanks,

It's a typical HDR lighting in the environment slot. HDR is from CG source. I adjusted the exposure and highlights in the Corona frame buffer. I also did a slight post work on it in PS and Magic Bullet Looks.
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: aniow on 2014-09-23, 12:09:38
Grade works!)
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: agentdark45 on 2014-09-23, 16:25:12
Thanks,

It's a typical HDR lighting in the environment slot. HDR is from CG source. I adjusted the exposure and highlights in the Corona frame buffer. I also did a slight post work on it in PS and Magic Bullet Looks.

Thanks for the info! I've tried a few of the CG source HDRI demos but the ones I've tried seem to have quite a strong colour cast on them. Do you mind pointing me to the one you used?
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: smarties03 on 2014-09-23, 17:58:22
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Grade works!)
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Thanks for the info! I've tried a few of the CG source HDRI demos but the ones I've tried seem to have quite a strong colour cast on them. Do you mind pointing me to the one you used?

I think it was 0036-00_hdri_iceland. I modified it a bit in PS and also lowered the saturation. After that it was just playing with the exposure and highlights in the corona frame buffer during rendering until I got the result I wanted. Hope this helps..
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: Chebosiba on 2014-09-24, 09:51:14
Hi smarties,

It's looking quite good overall, but I noticed a few things: In the second image I see a lot of blotches (!?) on the ceiling especially near the borders where it meets the brown stucco. So far I have never seen blotches with Corona and I wonder what's going on there.
The thin curtains seem exceedingly bright compared to modest brightness of what can be seen through the windows. They almost seem to glow suggesting a bright powerfully lit exterior, but  it's rather dull outside.
Also the material and shading for the brownish curtains in front of the transparent ones seem to have a funky mapping problem and appear very stiff and rough.
Still good work of course! :)

Chebo
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: smarties03 on 2014-09-24, 18:52:43
Hi Chebo,

Thank you for your comments. I have investigated the render and found out that I mistakenly posted the wrong image for that scene. It seems it was an old render that I made before with V-Ray...(apologies for that)

I'm reposting the image rendered with Corona. It's still a bit raw, I'll adjust a couple of textures once I have time this week.

Cheers.
Title: New Renders
Post by: smarties03 on 2015-12-27, 07:05:57
Hi guys,

Just want to share some more images I did with Corona render. The first one is a Lounge diner area I did for my colleague so he can see how his new apartment space would look like. The furniture is from Minotti collection and some ready made models were taken from 3d sky and evermotion. Had to finish this in just a couple of days so it's a very detailed shot.

The second one is an office open area for one client. Chairs are from boss design.

Cheers...
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: Buzzz on 2015-12-27, 11:41:35
Nice renders Smarties, congratulations!!!
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: neox00 on 2015-12-27, 13:44:09
Hello

great great renders , i wonder if you could tell me about the materials are they converted from vray or your own or downloaded from corona materials ?
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: smarties03 on 2015-12-27, 17:33:01
Nice renders Smarties, congratulations!!!
Thanks..
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: smarties03 on 2015-12-27, 17:39:46
Hello

great great renders , i wonder if you could tell me about the materials are they converted from vray or your own or downloaded from corona materials ?
I've decided to use corona from the start of these scenes, so all of the materials used are corona materials. Although the same concept i used in vray was carried forward to the materials in these scenes.
If I use converted vray materials i always double check and test them to ensure they sit well in each scene, there are times when direct conversion doesn't work for every scene.
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: neox00 on 2015-12-27, 18:48:23
thanks for your reply , i totaly loved your last office render , i would like to know how did you achieve that realistic effect is it lightning or postproduction , if you could help me with that i would be greatfull since my raw renders from corona are usually dull
i wounder what i am missing there .
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: smarties03 on 2015-12-28, 17:53:29
thanks for your reply , i totaly loved your last office render , i would like to know how did you achieve that realistic effect is it lightning or postproduction , if you could help me with that i would be greatfull since my raw renders from corona are usually dull
i wounder what i am missing there .
I would normally do as much as I can in 3d. Lighting setup (color, temperature and intensity), I would make numerous light tests and choose which one is best suited for the image that i need to create. Most of the time if it's a commercial project, deadlines are extremely tight especially if there is someone breathing down your neck.

As I would do it 99% of the time you should be happy with the raw render and save it as Exr or a 16bit file. I've attached the raw render of the open area here so you can see the comparison with the final post processed image. For the open area render i used AE with MB looks. I adjusted exposure, levels, made some color adjustments and added a film stock at the end, just to have a more natural look.
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: smarties03 on 2015-12-28, 17:57:45
Here is another render I did for the Board Room Area.
Title: Re: Corona Tests
Post by: smarties03 on 2016-01-20, 12:43:30
Here are some WIP for a client I'm currently working on. They are a bit noisy especially the board room. The client is in a hurry to see how it looks like. Corona really helped me a lot in tight deadlines such as these.