Live Link was added in Corona 12 Update 1 (this video is for the first implementation of the connection to Vantage in Corona 12), and does indeed carry across changes in light settings, materials etc. See the newer videos at kzbin.info/www/bejne/opvZoq1vodishrc for 3ds Max or kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKTLXmtvqKt0hJo for Cinema 4D on using the Live Link :) Hope this helps! Tom PS still to come in a future release is a further update that will allow you to export your DCC animations via live link.

I don't fully understand the question, sorry - please ask over on the forums (forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=29.0) or better yet, open a ticket (support.chaos.com/requests/new ) where you will be able to share example images, and the tech support team will be able to help out (they don't see KZbin comments). Thanks! Tom

Hi! Not sure what exactly you want to make but it pretty much boils down to having the proper maps for the Decal material and then a mask that you use for cutting the Decal so it has the wanted "shape". Would be happy to help if you tell us what you want to achieve? Nejc

This might be better asked on the forums, as it allows the sharing of images which would let you show us your intended use, and let us share screen grabs of material set ups. forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=49.0 would be the place to go, and we would need more information to describe what you are aiming to achieve (in terms of workflow, scene set up, animation, etc by sharing an example of such a thing in action etc.). The "non-randomizing equivalent" to the multi shader is the select shader, which lets you set up predefined colors and then choose which is shown via a checkbox / current index, which can then be animated (e.g. you want one car model, driving through a scene, with the color of the car paint changing every second). Anyway, do share on the forums and we can give more specific advice depending on what you are looking for! Thanks! Tom

You'd have to be more specific about what you wanted to see - VFX covers a vast range of possible topics! Also, bear in mind that our tutorials are focused on our users, and our users are archviz folks, so we'd only look at covering any sort of "VFX" that would turn up in a relatively typical archviz project (fire in a fireplace, an animated fountain, compositing a render into existing real world footage - not Marvel movies robots and aliens and explosions and stuff :) ). Thanks! Tom

@@ChaosCorona Well i meant to say compositing 3D into videos

This is outside of what we cover, as the compositing is handled in Resolve, After Effects, etc. Once things get into other software, we don't make (many) tutorials covering that, since you can't predict what software someone might be using, and of course we prefer to focus on our own software where we are the experts :) You can always chat with the community on the forums at forum.corona-renderer.com/, or search for tutorials for your specific video editing software, to find guides on that part of the process. Hope this helps! Tom

You'd still need V-Ray installed, even if just a trial / expired, in order to process V-Ray materials in any way (including Corona's export to Vantage). Hope this helps! Tom

@@ChaosCorona is it possible to add into installer vray support as it is part of chaos ? & thanks for replying

Not 100% sure I understand the question - installing V-Ray won't happen as part of the Corona installation, that would make it very hard to maintain the installers, make the installer much larger for those that don't need V-Ray, etc. So the current situation is likely to remain the same, where you would need to download and install V-Ray separately if indeed you need conversion. Hope this does answer what you were asking! Tom

Can't tie it to a specific release, but the plan is for the AI Enhancer introduced for Enscape will be released for Corona and V-Ray (in an improved form) later this year. Thanks! Tom

Can't tie it to a specific release, but the plan is for the AI Enhancer introduced for Enscape will be released for Corona and V-Ray (in an improved form) later this year. Thanks! Tom

It is available - it was released in Corona 12 Update 1 (www.chaos.com/blog/corona-12-update-1, and kzbin.info/www/bejne/opvZoq1vodishrc for the video). This particular video you have commented on is for the initial implementation of Corona to Vantage introduced before that, in Corona 12. Do note that further improvements to Live Link are planned for this year, which will include the ability for Live Link to carry across animations from your DCC (right now you have to build animations in Vantage once exported / sent over by Live Link). Hope this helps! Tom

@@ChaosCorona thanks sir!

Hi! For this we'd need to see a screengrab of your material set up to really understand what is going on (or a copy of the scene), and this is not possible on KZbin comments. For that reason, the best way to get help on an issue like this is to post over on our forums at forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=29.0 - this will also allow us to share screengrabs etc. in reply too :) We'll see you over on the forums! Thanks! Tom

@@ChaosCorona Thank you

Apologies that we can't provide more direct help here, just due to the nature of KZbin comments, but we look forward to chatting on the forums! Plus you may hear ideas from the community too over on the forums, they are always happy to share advice and suggestions. Thanks! Tom

Sorry you feel that way :( While it is expected that Corona would look better (as any GPU engine has to make compromises in quality and results which is why Corona remains solely based on the CPU), you can let the Vantage team know what elements in the image you feel other engines do better, so that they can look to continue to improve Vantage. chaosvantage.ideas.aha.io/ is the place to send along suggestions for Vantage, and thank you in advance for taking the time to point out the elements that need improvement! Tom

@@ChaosCorona I would like to see something in between rendering on the CPU and rendering on the GPU. I have a scene now and it is very noisy, I would like the crown to react to those areas that are very noisy and the noise in which does not disappear even at 1%. I would like a mask to appear, which could highlight these areas (and not a frame as now) and set their priority. It would be nice if the video card was connected to the rendering of noisy places.

Sorry, I don't fully understand the comment here. At the moment, Corona tone mapping settings are not transferred to Vantage, and you'd set up your desired tone mapping once over in Vantage either making it match what was seen in Corona, or coming up with something different if you have a different use-case for the real time renders vs. offline ones. Tweaking tone mapping once in Vantage doesn't make it not a "real comparison" (as you'd need to redo any tone mapping in any real time / GPU engine you translated a scene to). If there was some other question or issue that I am not answering, do please let me know! Thanks! Tom

Hi! Vantage doesn't support all materials (that is, not every material is implemented in Vantage, in which case we can't export the material to it), and in some cases Vantage does support the material but we don't export to it yet. You can check the list of shaders at docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Supported+Features+per+Host+App - see those supported by V-Ray, because if it is not supported there then most likely Vantage simply doesn't offer support for it so we can't either (docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/V-Ray+for+3ds+Max+Features ) and then supported materials for Corona (docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Corona+for+3ds+Max+Features ). Things will keep improving over time in both categories, in terms of what is supported. Thanks! Tom

@@ChaosCorona thank u so much for this explanation !

@ You are welcome! Both the Vantage and the Corona teams will keep on working to expand the range of supported materials :) Thanks! Tom

You can apply a Corona Pattern to a Corona Proxy, yes - should work with no problem, just the same as if you had converted the Proxy to a mesh first. You can't create a Corona Proxy out of an object that has a Corona Pattern applied though, which makes sense as there are two separate geometric objects involved there, the base mesh the pattern is being applied to, and the geometry that the Pattern is applying. I think that answers your question? Quick way to test: load a sofa (or any object) from Cosmos, which loads as a Proxy into the scene, then load a Pattern from Cosmos with the Sofa selected, and presto that Pattern is applied to the Proxy :) Thanks! Tom

There won't be a Corona GPU; as has been mentioned before, it would mean pausing or significantly slowing Corona development for around 2 years as it is a total code rewrite, plus GPU rendering always comes with drawbacks and compromises in the rendering result while Corona is focused on delivering imagery and animation without any of those drawbacks. Of course if you want GPU rendering, it is now easy to get your scene sent over to Vantage, so you have the best of both worlds - that is our GPU solution, and it's a rather good one :) As for updates being disappointing, do use the Ideas Portal to let us know what features you would like (other than Corona GPU, since that won't be happening), or to vote on them if the idea is already posted, over at chaoscorona.ideas.aha.io/ Thanks! Tom

Hi! Not all materials are supported either by Vantage itself, or some not supported via our conversion. Unfortunately, we can't give any more specific advice without seeing the Corona vs. Vantage render, knowing what kinds of materials you are using, etc. Best thing to do for questions like this is to post over on the forums, as those allow the sharing of images etc. which can't be done on KZbin comments, head over to forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php and post in the Max or C4D "I Need Help!" board depending on which applies :) Hope this helps! Tom

Hi! Some samples are included in Chaos Cosmos (under Enmesh / Pattern, as V-Ray calls the similar thing there Enmesh). Other than that, you just model it any way you like using the tools in 3ds Max. Creating the cropbox (the bit of geometry that gets cut out to be repeated by the pattern) is easier in Corona 12 and newer, as seen in kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2SWpJqVaaqnhq8 . For any tips on how best to model any geometry sources, the best bet would be reaching out to the community over on the forums at forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=29.0 as we don't cover DCC things like modeling in our channel but focus on the functionality done in Corona itself (just due to time/resource considerations). Hope this helps! Tom

Hi! If I am understanding the question correctly, it is not possible to convert the results of the Corona Pattern into geometry, as it's a render time effect (done in the render engine, independent of the geometry handling of the DCC), sorry. Let me know if that wasn't your question, though. Hope this helps, Tom

You are welcome! Sorry, we don't have any shareable scenes that show examples of this :( Tom

Sounds like you are having problems, sorry to hear that - for all technical issues and questions, please post over on the forums forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php because the Support Team can't see comments and questions here on KZbin. Thanks. Tom

Sorry to hear you are having some issues. First, be sure to have the correct version of Corona installed (Corona 12 or newer). If you do have the correct version installed, please send in a ticket via support.chaos.com/requests/new and include screenshots of what you do see, as the Support Team who can help out are not able to monitor KZbin comments. Best regards, Tom

@@ChaosCorona Its fixed! thank u..

Great to hear, and thank you for coming back to the comments to let us know :) Tom

Sorry, I am not sure what weird effect you are referring to. Can you give the timestamp for the time in the video it happens? Thanks. Tom.

Not 100% sure what you mean - the Corona Tone Map Control is probably what you need (docs.chaos.com/display/CRMAX/Corona+Tonemap+Control+Map ), but if that doesn't answer your question, please post over on the forums at forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=29.0 with more details and examples (images, scenes, screengrabs) that illustrate the problem, and the Support team will be able to see that there (as will the Corona community, who are also very helpful!). Thanks! Tom

Sorry to hear you're having problems - can you post over on the forums please, at forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=49.0 , because there you could share some screenshots of your Corona Tile parameters (or even attach a simple scene showing the problem), and the support team will be able to see it there unlike here on KZbin and they will be able to offer help (as will the Corona community!). Thanks! Tom

You are welcome, glad it helped out! Tom

I am not sure what is meant about "automatically decompresses the file" - do please put that information in a ticket though, at support.chaos.com/requests/new , as the technical support team can't monitor KZbin comments so won't be able to help out. Hope this helps. Tom.

Thank you for the kind words! 5 months late doesn't matter, the sentiment is what counts, and I appreciate it! Tom

Sorry to hear you're having some technical issues - please always send in a ticket for those (support.chaos.com/requests/new ) as the support team can't monitor KZbin comments so can't take a look into your situation. Tom

@ChaosCorona I don't turn on rendering when modeling, only for viewing materials, it seems to have gotten better

Not sure what you mean, I am going to guess "why is this faster" - and that's because it's GPU based. On the other hand, it's not as good as IR because it doesn't have the same level of realism and full support of all materials Corona supports, so that's the trade off you have to choose between depending on where you are in the project / what kind of project it is, and what your needs are. Hope this helps! Tom

You can swap the material to work in Specular mode rather than in IOR mode. See support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/24223711659921-How-to-use-different-maps-with-Corona-Physical-Material for details on how maps are supported in the Corona Physical Material. Hope this helps! Tom

@@ChaosCorona благодарю Вас.

@@alexphil9015 You are welcome! Tom

Sorry, no, that functionality doesn't exist at the moment. You can always make feature requests (or vote for an idea if it's already there) on the Ideas Portal at chaoscorona.ideas.aha.io/ . Tom

Live Link was added in Corona 12 Update 1, see kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKTLXmtvqKt0hJo for Cinema 4D or kzbin.info/www/bejne/opvZoq1vodishrc for 3ds Max, and kzbin.info/www/bejne/an-XkKePpa51qNU for the walkthrough of all features in 12 Update 1. Hope this helps! Tom

Hi! For questions like this, please post over on the forums (forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=49.0 ) because then the support team as well as the Corona community will see it, and because the forums can be used to post images, share scenes, etc. which can't happen in KZbin comments. You may also want to check the videos regarding Pattern, at kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5TVo5Z7nLWFeNk , kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKmXhJaHecp0bbc , and kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2SWpJqVaaqnhq8 . Hope this helps! Tom

The Corona Material Library is now available inside Cosmos, so it is not included in the installer. If you have it installed from a previous version of Corona, then it will still be installed after running the new installer (it doesn't get uninstalled). If for some reason it has been uninstalled, then a download button will be shown on opening the Corona Material Library from inside 3ds Max or Cinema 4D. Thanks! Tom

@ChaosCorona thanks tom ♥️

@@ibdesign8207 You are welcome! Looks like I missed you asking this question earlier, on another video - sorry about that :( But glad to get you the answer now! Tom

@@ChaosCorona Don't worry at all. Thank you for your help at all times

The Corona Material Library is now available inside Cosmos, so it is not included in the installer. If you have it installed from a previous version of Corona, then it will still be installed after running the new installer (it doesn't get uninstalled). If for some reason it has been uninstalled, then a download button will be shown on opening the Corona Material Library from inside 3ds Max or Cinema 4D. Thanks! Tom

Sorry you are having problems - for questions such as this, please post over on our forums under "I Need Help" because we will need to see things such as screen shots of your material set up, renders that show the problem you are referring to (and please also include which version of Max, which version of Corona, etc. when you post there too). KZbin comments doesn't allow sharing of images, and without more info we won't be able to understand what is going wrong. forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?board=29.0 Thanks in advance for posting over on the forums! Tom

Sorry to hear you feel that way :( By and large people like how we present and teach things - so that we can aim to improve, can you tell us what it is you would like to see in future videos that you feel would improve them? Thanks! Tom

Videos from KZbin can't be downloaded, but there should be no need to download them as they are always here whenever you want to refer to them. Thanks! Tom

@@ChaosCorona Thank you! I always download videos to my computer to watch on my computer whenever I want, so I don't have to go online all the time, because our internet doesn't always work well.

Ah I see! We haven't done any extra setting to the video on KZbin, it should be just as downloadable (or not) as any other video here, apologies if that isn't working as expected though - that would be something on the KZbin side of things since ours are indeed just "regular" videos :) Thanks! Tom

This is our second major update this year and this one alone adds faster caustics, new volume caustics (which are offered by very few render engines), more control over the caustic brightness without having to control that in post, automatic exposure and white balance, improved white balance algorithm, the collaboration features of Chaos Cloud which include Virtual Tours and which costs nothing extra, image upscaling for faster IR or draft animations, and of course all the other smaller features and bug fixes. That follows our previous update this year which had Curved Decals, a totally reworked VFB 2, Corona Pattern improvements, Corona Sky improvements, and migrating the Corona Material Library to Cosmos so you don't have to use two material library systems (and the usual lots of other improvements and fixes). All without mentioning anything Vantage (which has been the feature that most users have expressed their excitement about, despite it being an additional product). Of course you are always welcome to tell us your preferred improvements on the Ideas Portal at chaoscorona.ideas.aha.io/ - upvote if someone has already posted the idea, or post it if it's not on there already! Hope this helps! Tom