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[Max] I need help! / Re: composite materials wtih 2 or more materials

« on: 2015-11-23, 16:14:57 »

Great thanks. If I have to blend through another material I will switch to Corona Layered. With any new projects it will be Corona Layered from the start.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: composite materials wtih 2 or more materials

« on: 2015-11-23, 15:34:39 »

Does anyone know, is the new CoronaLayeredMtl faster than the standard Blend material?

I have a number of materials that are using blend from an older version of Corona and there would be no benefit to me putting these into a CoronaLayeredMtl, as it's just 2 different materials blending, no more than that... unless it is faster.

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Black highlights with low refl. glossiness value behind glass

« on: 2015-02-12, 18:16:02 »

Just tried this out as I couldn't really believe that this would happen but I get exactly the same result as you. When the object is behind glass, as the luminance value of the material goes down it seems that a black hole effect appears and grows in size related to this luminance value. The effect goes away once the luminance value increases. However when using 999 to disable fresnel and putting a falloff map in the reflection colour slot, this black hole never disappears at any luminance value and even at high gloss like 0.9. At 1.0 gloss it seems ok.

The strength of the light in the scene makes a big difference as well. At lower strengths the black hole fades away. Using a HDR to light rather than Corona sun or a Corona light rendered the object perfectly.

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Gallery / Re: Would you like coffee or tea?

« on: 2014-03-28, 23:45:29 »

In the last pic you can see the geometry of the table around the edge, but apart from that amazing job! I've not created anything as photoreal as that yet, hopefully one day.

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Gallery / Re: Animation of Metro train

« on: 2014-03-28, 12:40:22 »

Looks great.  If it were me I'd throw some reelsmart motion blur on it in After Effects and possibly some subtle optical flares. Then it would honestly be hard to tell if it were cg or real in some shots. Nice set up with those PCs, very jealous.