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Gallery / Re: Grohe - Essence Visualization

« on: 2023-05-16, 12:51:31 »

Thank you! :)

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Gallery / Grohe - Essence Visualization

« on: 2023-05-16, 12:39:07 »

A few shots to showcase some Grohe Essence products.
Hope you like it.

Full project here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/170736089/Grohe-Essence

















Marcus


https://www.behance.net/the-subdivision
www.the-subdivision.com

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Gallery / Yet another Poliform Kitchen | Alea Pro Visualization

« on: 2023-02-13, 08:57:24 »

Hey guys. Just wanted to show a small project we did. Nothing to tell here. As usual 3ds Max + Corona. No post. :)

Full project on Behance: https://www.behance.net/gallery/154097091/Poliform-Alea-Pro

Thanks for watching! :)

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Gallery / Poliform "Alea Pro" Visualization

« on: 2022-10-11, 19:01:47 »

Hey hey. Long time no post from me here in the forum.

Just a project to recreate Poliform's Aleo Pro Kitchen.
Not directly a 1:1 copy of the original photographs but a "lookalike"

Hope you like it :)

Full project here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/154097091/Poliform-Alea-Pro

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[Max] Previews (Daily Builds) / Re: Chaos Corona 9 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Discussion

« on: 2022-09-08, 15:58:20 »

Hmm... don't think so. Generating caustics from environment is turned off.

First try with the new Clouds System. Great work. Thanks!

One thing I notived: It seems that Corona is calculating caustics, even when the sun is covered by clouds.
I guess this should not be the case.

Best,
Marcus

I see your sky still very bright from the sun, could it be that situation which creates those caustics in the second image?

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[Max] Previews (Daily Builds) / Re: Chaos Corona 9 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Discussion

« on: 2022-09-08, 15:16:18 »

First try with the new Clouds System. Great work. Thanks!

One thing I notived: It seems that Corona is calculating caustics, even when the sun is covered by clouds.
I guess this should not be the case.

Best,
Marcus

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[Max] Resolved Bugs / Re: 3ds Max 2023 crashes while rendering Material Previews

« on: 2022-09-02, 10:12:11 »

Hi, do you use any scripted maps? It crashes in maxscript when preparing some map for rendering, unfortunately I dont know which one

Hi Ondra. Scripted maps? I don't think so. Basically it's almost a fresh version of 2023. The only extra maps I use are MultiTexture and the 4 Siger Maps. (Pro Simplex, Voroni, Scratches, etc.)

Not yet! :)
I will test this for a few days. Until now everything works. *fingers-crossed*

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[Max] Resolved Bugs / Re: 3ds Max 2023 crashes while rendering Material Previews

« on: 2022-09-02, 10:11:11 »

Hi, do you use any scripted maps? It crashes in maxscript when preparing some map for rendering, unfortunately I dont know which one

Hi Ondra. Scripted maps? I don't think so. Basically it's almost a fresh version of 2023. The only extra maps I use are MultiTexture and the 4 Siger Maps. (Pro Simplex, Voroni, Scratches, etc.)

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[Max] Resolved Bugs / Re: 3ds Max 2023 crashes while rendering Material Previews

« on: 2022-09-02, 09:58:47 »

Please do and if it still crashes, let us know here.
Also, does it happen in any scene (even fresh) or only in some specific scene? What I am trying to figure out is whether it crashes when rendering a default shaderball or some specific material.

Hi Maru. Thanks for getting back. It happens in fresh and existing scenes.

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[Max] Resolved Bugs / Re: 3ds Max 2023 crashes while rendering Material Previews

« on: 2022-09-02, 08:10:48 »

Corona 8. No HF installed yet.
I will try it with the latest HF.

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[Max] Resolved Bugs / 3ds Max 2023 crashes while rendering Material Previews

« on: 2022-09-01, 14:02:37 »

Hi. I have a problem here

Max 2023.
Corona 8.

In about 30 % of the time I'm opening the material editor (Compact) 3ds Max is crashing while loading the material previews. Randomly.
It also happens when I change some material parameters sometimes.

Minidump is included.

Help would be highly appreciated because it's getting quite frustrating.

Best,
Marcus

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Translucent Onyx Material with feeling of depth

« on: 2022-06-30, 15:08:35 »

Wow. Great idea.
I will play with it a bit further. Let's see if I'm able to archive this complex and very hard shapes like in the reference.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Translucent Onyx Material with feeling of depth

« on: 2022-06-30, 14:14:19 »

Hi Maru!

Thanks! Great hint. I will play with this in the next time a bit to see what can be done with this technique.

In the meantime, here is what I archived so far.
I fractured on box and give it a material with Volume Scattering and a bit of Refraction.
In front is a normal un-fractured thinner box with the same material but a higher Refraction and higher Distance in Volumetric Scattering.

It looks not bad, although the fracture is still too uniform.
Drawback: 13 Passes (7,6%NL) on 2K resolution. Over 1 hour of rendering on a ThreadRipper 3990x

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Translucent Onyx Material with feeling of depth

« on: 2022-06-30, 12:57:29 »

Try Layering Volumetric and Parallax mapping...   

Uh? Could you explain this a bit further?
Right now I'm trying to fracture it bit more and putting a non-fractured layer in front.
(I will post a preview later this day. I never had something so time consuming to render.. :D)

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[Max] I need help! / Translucent Onyx Material with feeling of depth

« on: 2022-06-30, 09:24:02 »

Hi folks!

Currently I'm trying to recreate this type of Onyx material.
Especially I'm looking for this "volume-depth" feeling with all the cracks inside the material.

I tried SSS, Translucency and Refraction for this. But nothing is giving the desired effect.
I also fractured the whole geometry in 10000 pieces, but this is looking way to uniform.

Maybe someone have good technique for this kind of material.

Marcus