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2023-03-17, 14:28:06
maru
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Corona for 3ds Max Help Center / Documentation Updates
This thread serves as a support team changelog, where we will be periodically listing our
Help Center
and
Documentation Portal
updates (and more).
New in Corona 10 daily builds:
- You can now control clouds color by adjusting sun color. Affected articles:
How to add daylight to my scene in Corona for 3ds Max?
How to use Corona Sky Clouds - 3ds Max
Corona Sky Map
- You can now place a camera inside a volume (even if it's an object) or at the interface of multiple volumes (e.g. air and water):
New Volume Resolving in Corona 10
Camera inside volumes playground thread
- Updated FumeFX guides:
Volumetric FX - Known bugs and limitations
Unexpected FumeFX Error
- Updated NVIDIA AI Denoiser errors article:
NVIDIA GPU AI Denoiser Errors
Other:
- We have started a forum cleanup process to make sure all important user reports are addressed correctly, move some threads to the appropriate forum sections, remove spam, etc.
- Updated photographic exposure articles:
How to use photographic exposure controls in Corona for 3ds Max?
How to use Tone Mapping - 3ds Max
- Created a new article covering issues with dot ( . ) vs comma ( , ) issues in the Corona VFB and how to resolve them (generally, there should be no issues with this anyway):
Entering decimal values in VFB Tone Mapping does not work
- Added a short Cosmos changelog in:
Chaos Cosmos
- Other minor fixes
Note:
if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us
here
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2023-04-14, 10:18:26
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maru
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Re: Corona for 3ds Max Help Center / Documentation Updates
Updated various articles related to Phoenix and V-Ray (some further updates are necessary and will be done soon):
The installed version of V-Ray is not fully supported.
Phoenix Particle Shader - Known bugs and limitations
The installed version of Phoenix is not fully supported.
Added a new article (some further updates to this article are planned):
How to correctly combine Corona Mapping Randomizer, Triplanar, and Normal maps?
Added a new article (C4D content will be added soon):
What is displacement?
New in Corona 10 daily builds:
Corona FumeFX Modifier
Added motion blur shutter curve info and examples to Corona Camera documentation:
Corona Camera
Added a new article:
I am getting extremely slow parsing with iToo RailClone!
Added a new article:
3ds Max Physical Camera limitations
Other minor fixes
Note:
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2023-05-11, 15:20:07
Reply #2
maru
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Re: Corona for 3ds Max Help Center / Documentation Updates
Moved Multiloaders article (starting multiple 3ds Max instances with different Corona versions) into the Documentation Portal:
Multiloaders
Added a new article:
Creating basic materials
New error message - Corona Decal "Affect Base" only works with Corona Physical Mtl:
Affecting only a part of a base material with a Decal material is only supported if both materials are Corona Physical Materials.
Updated the VFB article (e.g. all button functions):
Corona VFB
Added a new article:
Corona Interactive Rendering
Updated LightMix articles (it is now possible to set up LightMix by layers):
Documentation Portal
and
Help Center
Note:
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2023-06-19, 13:34:20
Reply #3
maru
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Marcin
Re: Corona for 3ds Max Help Center / Documentation Updates
Added new content for the "multiple output maps" feature:
-
Forum Playground
-
Help Center
- Documentation Portal:
Corona Color Correct
,
Triplanar
,
Mapping Randomizer
Added a new trick: Mixing multiple normal maps through the Corona Normal "additional bump: slot. Thanks Romullus! :)
-
Help Center
-
Documentation Portal
New error message: Corona Decal "affect base" option only works when using the Corona Physical Material:
-
Affecting only a part of a base material with a Decal material is only supported if both materials are Corona Physical Materials.
Updated tone mapping articles (mostly with info that ACES OT is in the stack by default):
-
Help Center
-
Documentation Portal
Added an article listing all DOF Highlights Solver error messages:
-
DOF Highlights Solver Error Messages
Scatter articles - updated some screenshots/gifs with the fix for colors popping when using Multimap with Camera Clipping:
-
Chaos Scatter at the Chaos Documentation Portal
Updated corona converter screenshots to the newest version:
-
Corona Converter at the Chaos Help Center
-
Corona Bitmap at the Chaos Help Center
-
Corona Converter at the Chaos Documentation Portal
Note:
if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us
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2023-07-05, 15:14:00
Reply #4
maru
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Re: Corona for 3ds Max Help Center / Documentation Updates
Updated the "How to use Depth of Field" guide with the new DOF Highlights Solver info:
-
Help Center
Updated/simplified the manual installation guide:
-
Help Center
Updated information on Corona Decal "Affect Base" options:
-
Playground Thread
-
Help Center
-
Documentation Portal
Added updates related to Corona 10 inside-medium rendering and physical size to the Corona Camera articles:
-
Documentation Portal
Added minor updates to the Corona Scanned Mtl article:
-
Documentation Portal
Included the new DOF Highlights Solver in Render Setup > Performance documentation:
-
Documentation Portal
Moved commonly used abbreviations from the Help Center to the Documentation Portal:
-
Documentation Portal
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2023-07-26, 17:42:16
Reply #5
maru
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Marcin
Re: Corona for 3ds Max Help Center / Documentation Updates
Created a simple documentation for the Corona 10 Benchmark:
-
Documentation Portal
Updated the Corona Lister article:
-
Documentation Portal
Updated the VFB article:
-
Documentation Portal
Updated the IR article:
-
Documentation Portal
Moved render stamp variables article from the Help Center:
-
Documentation Portal
Created a basic documentation for the tonemapping operators:
-
Documentation Portal
Updated multiple articles with the new Corona 10 alpha options for volumes:
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https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Volume+Material
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https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Volume+Grid
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Sky+Map
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Volume+Material
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2023-10-20, 15:23:43
Reply #6
maru
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Re: Corona for 3ds Max Help Center / Documentation Updates
Corona Benchmark - added clarification on the ray/s unit on multiple pages -
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRBENCH/Using+Corona+Benchmark
Various maintenance updates such as new renders/screenshots:
Help Center:
V11 Bump/Normal Filtering -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/19161682524305
UHD Cache -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528617365649
Denoising -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528588388113
Scatter - added a known edge trimming vs proxies limitation -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4953359913617
Corona Camera -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528523374865
LUTs -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528475285521
Noise limit -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528311058961
GI vs. AA balance -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528324185489
IES lights -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528504102545
Material Editor Freezes -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/17852831779473
Light Samples Multiplier -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528298049169
Adding Daylight -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528523331217
Light Types -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/17624555818769
LightMix -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528606952849
DR "cannot bind" error -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/18026360168209
Orthographic camera and screen size displacement -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4526303103889
Transparency vs Refraction -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528467215505
CTexmap Render Element -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528437025425
Rendering VR -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528505404689
DOF does not affect reflections -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528592012305
Adaptive Light Solver -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528466192273
Dirt/worn off effect -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528531220113
Fresnel reflections -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528455000977
Getting rid of excessive noise -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528247036305
How many passes is enough? -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528236666257
Adaptivity -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528323634705
Max Sample Intensity -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528507399441
Converter -
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4526289638033
Documentation Portal:
Corona Bitmap -
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Bitmap
Corona AO map -
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+AO+Map
Corona Sun -
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Sun
Corona Converter -
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Converter
System Tab -
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/System+Tab
Chaos Scatter -
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Chaos+Scatter
Corona Data Map -
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Data+Map
Multiloaders -
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Multiloaders
Corona Light -
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Light
Note:
if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us
here
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2023-12-06, 16:44:55
Reply #7
maru
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Posts: 13000
Marcin
Re: Corona for 3ds Max Help Center / Documentation Updates
Mostly Corona 11 updates:
Updated Chaos Scatter articles with the new features and UI screenshots:
-
Help Center
-
Documentation Portal
Created a new article for the Corona Tile Map:
-
Documentation Portal
Updated the Multimap article with information on the new Tile ID mode:
-
Documentation Portal
Updated the Mapping Randomizer article with information on the new Tile ID mode:
-
Documentation Portal
Updated multiple articles with information on the new Intel denoiser:
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How to use denoising? - Help Center
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System Requirements - Help Center
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Interactive Rendering - Help Center
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Performance Tab - Documentation Portal
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Scene Tab - Documentation Portal
Created a new article on the new bump/normal filtering in Corona 11:
-
Help Center
Updated the Corona Physical Mtl article with the new filtering options:
-
Documentation Portal
Updated the Corona Skin Mtl article with the new filtering options:
-
Documentation Portal
Updated the Corona Image Editor articles with a new CIE batch processing script:
-
Help Center
-
Documentation Portal
Updated System Settings article with a new UI screenshot:
-
Help Center
Created a Corona Power Tools article:
-
Documentation Portal
Updated the Corona Bitmap article with the new color management selector:
-
Documentation Portal
Some improvements to the Multiloaders article, including a note about using them with command-line rendering:
-
Documentation Portal
New error message article: OIDN: No device with CUDA support available.
-
Help Center
New error message article: Tile Map's custom pattern could not be parsed. Problem is in the following row.
-
Help Center
New error message article: Selected rendering space is not compatible with the supported rendering color spaces.
-
Help Center
...plus various other updates and changes to keep all articles up to date. We are also working on a few remaining articles which will be shared here soon.
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2024-02-27, 15:47:20
Reply #8
maru
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Posts: 13000
Marcin
Re: Corona for 3ds Max Help Center / Documentation Updates
Migrated information from
https://wiki.corona-renderer.com/
to the Chaos Documentation Portal. When trying to access the wiki (both
https://wiki.corona-renderer.com/
and
https://corona-renderer.com/wiki
), you are now redirected to Corona Docs).
- MAXScript -
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/MAXScript
- Corona Standalone -
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CS
Moved the installation guide from the Help Center to the Documentation Portal:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Installation+Process
Updated denoising articles:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528588388113
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/19921888943505
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528596854289
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Performance+Tab
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Scene+Tab
Updated the system requirements article:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4665349542417
Created an article for the Corona Edge Map:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Edge+Map
Updated Converter articles:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4526289638033
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Converter
Updated the Lister article:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Lister
Added Tile ID to the Mapping Randomizer article:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Mapping+Randomizer
Added Tile ID to the Multimap article:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Multi+Map
Updated the SSS in Corona article:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528498501137
New error messages:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/19921888943505
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/20443030242193
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/20283060170257
Updated the Corona Color Map article:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Color+Map
...plus various other updates and changes to keep all articles up to date.
Note:
if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us
here
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Reply #9
maru
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Re: Corona for 3ds Max Help Center / Documentation Updates
Corona 12 for 3ds Max
Chaos Documentation Portal
and
Chaos Help Center
updates:
How to Export and Render Scenes in Vantage with Corona 12 for 3ds Max:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/26409440770961
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/System+Tab
Corona and Vantage compatibility guide:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Corona+for+3ds+Max+Features
Scatter improvements:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Chaos+Scatter
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4953289514513
New VFB:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+VFB+2.0
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/LightMix#LightMix-UsingmultipleLightMixelements(VFB2.0
)
Added information about the new multiple LightMixes feature:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528606952849
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/LightMix
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+VFB+2.0
Updated the "How to configure gamma" article:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528480099345
"Ignore bump" option added to Corona Curvature Map:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Curvature+Map
New error message: "PRG Clear Sky" model was selected, however an old version of the required data is installed.":
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/26262952629521
Specifying and locking IR resolution:
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https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Performance+Tab
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528596854289
Optimized cloud generation and added density scaling:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/8949013141393-How-to-use-Corona-Sky-Clouds-3ds-Max
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Sky+Map
LUTs are now working in linear color space:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Tone+Mapping+Operators
Zoom and navigate in the curve editor:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Color+Correct+Map
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Tone+Mapping+Operators
Lister - added option to reorder tabs by mouse dragging:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Lister
Gamma/Lift/Gain tone mapping operator:
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Tone+Mapping+Operators
New error message: "Color Space conversion and Display-View transformation are always ignored when using the Corona EXR format.":
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/25644031006865
Delaying bloom and glare computation after the rendering:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528475392145
Tile Shader aspect ratio lock:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Tile+Map
Additional Outputs and Batch Loading in Multimap:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Multi+Map
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/15771759780369
Corona Pattern updates:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/7713194687633
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Pattern+Modifier
Per-camera environment overrides:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Camera
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528523374865
New material-based medium resolving:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528475131281
Decals - ability to make decals curved and real-world scale support:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Decal
Minor updates to the Corona Color Picker article:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528474362257
Minor updates to the sRGB/gamma/color values article:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528579184657
Updated the Corona Converter articles:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Converter
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4526289638033
New Cryptomatte by Material mode:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4954305024529
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Render+Elements
Corona Material Library now available in Cosmos:
-
https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4528593932945
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Material+Library
Added basic documentation for the 4K Cache GI solver:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Performance+Tab
Added DR Tab to the old and new VFB articles:
-
https://docs.chaos.com/x/QJ0RBQ
-
https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+VFB+2.0
...plus various other updates and changes to keep all articles up to date.
Note:
if you spot any issues, something isn't working, or you would like to share any kind of feedback with us - please contact us
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