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General CG Discussion / Re: HDR Light Studio adds Area Light support for 3ds Max/Corona

« on: 2018-03-14, 11:53:14 »

Thanks for that.

How I found it actually working was that in the HDR Light Studio Connection dialog box, in 3DS Max, you simply click the New button to create a new IBL Hook and that's it :)

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General CG Discussion / Re: HDR Light Studio adds Area Light support for 3ds Max/Corona

« on: 2018-03-14, 11:01:47 »

I'm looking to use HDR Light Studio with Corona as my renderer, but this demo doesn't show how you created the hook - which HDR needs in order to made the connection.

In VRay you use a Dome Light and put any old HDRI in the slot for HDR-LS to connect, but in Corona, there isn't a Dome light so what do you do ?

Can you use a VRay Dome light ?  I suspect not.

And the Scene explorer in the demonstration, whilst open to view, doesn't show any Dome Light at all.

So how ?


******* UPDATE *******

I found the HDR seemed to make the connection itself automatically, so there is no need to use a Dome Light :)

(I didn't see how it did that, but one minute it wasn't connected, then the next minute it was).

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[Max] Resolved Feature Requests / Re: Which V-Ray feature should we bring to Corona?

« on: 2017-11-05, 06:49:17 »

Hi. I would recommend that you take a look at Coronas website yourself regarding this. You can expand a Box license with an upgrade subscription.

Yes, you were right to advise that, as basically Photomg1 was wrong.

A perpetual licence version of corona would suit me perfectly as I would then only pay a relatively small yearly maintenance fee to keep current.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Is there an "Auto" Store Current VFB anywhere (for under History) ?

« on: 2017-11-04, 09:07:54 »

Thanks Sprayer,

System Settings is definitely where it's all at as all my needs are in there. 

Thanks for the Docs link too.

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[Max] Resolved Feature Requests / Re: Which V-Ray feature should we bring to Corona?

« on: 2017-11-04, 08:56:24 »

100 percent the biggest issue I see that corona is missing is vray's licensing model were you buy a release and get the point releases associated with that number release. Only then paying for the next number upgrade. Your present box licensing system serves as nothing more than placating those who have no interest in subscriptions  but doing so in the most begrudging ugly fashion i.e offering no point releases over the lifetime of that number release. Neither of your current offerings(subs/box) would be acceptable to me at present for example.

Happy vray for modo user here, but always curious with what corona is doing.Hope some good changes come from your acquisition, congrats on becoming part of choas group its a great move imho.

Wow, that's a biggy.....

I'm currently trialling Corona and am confident I'll end up purchasing it (well I was until I read your comment) - so if I've understood you correctly, I wouldn't now go and purchase a boxed version (my preference is always to purchase, never to rent), if it didn't also entitle me to any updates / fixes in between major releases......

Definitely agree that this needs refining (imho).

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[Max] I need help! / Is there an "Auto" Store Current VFB anywhere (for under History) ?

« on: 2017-11-04, 08:31:50 »

I'm coming from VRay and am learning how to do things in Corona (Corona is a LOT simpler, and that's very good :) ).

But I have some questions;

1) Documentation ?  I can't find any !  (only YouTube, Forum etc).

2) Do I have to explicitly hit the "Store Current VFB" button every time I do a render ?  Is that right ?  Is there not an auto-store somewhere ?  It also seems a little dangerous to me that I can do a lot of work, not Store Current VFB, not save an image, and then when I return to my scene the next day, all my renderings have gone ?

(I'd find the answer to 2) myself, if I could find the documentation :) ).

Many thanks.