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News / Re: Interactive rendering

« on: 2014-02-12, 07:39:25 »

Hi All

I see benefits in both too. However, for our specific use though we generate high res stills as the majority of our work.
we render stills out to 6K and above for printing marketing brochures and site signage.

I've used Vray RT on projects aswell. At first clients reaction was 'wow' like everyone does. But after a while it felt
more like a gimmick. I saw my artists constantly changing settings just for the sake of changing settings instead of
really thinking about what they were trying to achieve first. For sure there will be a day in the future though where I reckon
RT type systems will become woven into the daily workflow. Definitely not there yet. Not even close IMHO.

Loving Corona so far. Rendered out an image the other day at 6K. 21 hours later it looked great but not as resolved (grain wise)
as I would have expected. The low res (2K) renders were beautiful. I'm sure it's cause I'm new to Corona still and haven't
gotten a full grasp of all the settings.

With regards to DR though, at work here I'd throw 15 computers at renders and get 6K images done in 30mins or less using DR with Vray.
I'm talking brute force with AA so sharp it will cut you just by looking at it too. Considering clients ask for changes AFTER they've been
approved and gone high res, having DR is an absolute life saver. Based on the kind of deadlines we face, DR can make or break us.

Anyway, looking forward to seeing DR implemented and interactive rendering to follow.

Just my 2 cents.

Sunny

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News / Re: Albedo render element

« on: 2014-02-12, 03:42:36 »

Looks like a useful tool.

Is this a daily build feature only? Don't seem to see it in v5.

Thanks

Sunny

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: CoronaCamera - tweaks

« on: 2014-02-12, 03:03:04 »

Sorry to add a comment so late to this thread (only just started using corona).

If it's not too late I'd like to suggest adding the 'overscan' feature to the camera.
Often I have clients asking to extend the image to the left, right, top, without actually
moving the camera as that would change the perspective.

thanks

Sunny

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Gallery / The Kitchen

« on: 2014-02-11, 03:31:24 »

Hi,

Thought I'd share my first render using corona. Loving it so far.
Took an old scene that I'd created in VRay and brought it into Corona.

Light with a HDR and a Corona light on the splashback area.

Max, Corona A5, PS, Magic Bullet.

Although I ran for close to 4 hours, I probably could have stopped it earlier.
2K render. Doing a 6K version at the moment.

Sunny

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Corona Alpha4 Benchmark scene

« on: 2014-02-10, 06:46:29 »

Corona Renderer Alpha 4 benchmark scene
 Living room 100 passes
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Time: 0:6:10, Rays/s: 3,433,635